Flood-ravaged communities on the New South Wales mid-north coast are moving into recovery mode with Defence personnel and specialist disaster relief teams now on the ground to help with the clean up.

The Prime Minister has announced further flood support for the Mid North coast of New South Wales, including deploying defence personnel, to help with the clean up.

There have been at least four deaths in the New South Wales flood emergency which has isolated tens of thousands from the state's central coast to Grafton in the north.

The first death has been recorded in the New South Wales flood emergency and three people are missing as severe rain and record river levels inundate towns on the state's Mid North Coast.

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