Life-threatening flash flooding are hitting Sydney in the worst flooding in a century predicted to occur, with half a million people in New South Wales being prepared to evacuate.
Two brave children's lives were saved after being swept up to safety by a helicopter the children emerge calm, alive and on dry land.
As the Army and State Emergency Services try to save thousands more with rescue boats, staff knock on doors to see if anyone is stuck at home.
The deadly storm that's claimed 15 lives along its path is now hovering above Sydney. Tens of thousands have been evacuated, many with little warning.
Further north in Lismore, where the floodwaters have receded, they salvage whatever they can.
"There was actually a washing machine that was up there at one point that we got down," one person says.
But on the main street - they first found a body.
An 80-year-old man was one of four killed in this town.
A reminder when a storm hits this hard, mother nature shows no mercy.
