Emergency airdrops, 300 stranded and campers evacuated as wild weather isolates Bellbrook
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JanJanuary 2021 at 9:49pm
It is expected to be at least a week before the landslip at Devil s Nook on Armidale Road is cleared and made safe.
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Emergency food drops and evacuations have been carried out in the Macleay Valley, on the New South Wales Mid North Coast, where a landslip, coupled with days of heavy rainfall have isolated around 300 people.
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Roads in the Macleay Valley are also cut by floodwaters, leaving the town isolated
The SES has evacuated 12 campers and dropped food and medical supplies to residents
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