Emergency Services in New South Wales are facing the largest flood operation in the state's history, with thousands of people displaced and hundreds rescued from inundated homes and communities.
Volunteers from around the world have joined rescue and relief efforts to bolster fatigued local crews who have spent more than a month tackling the crisis.
Record flood levels have been reached across the state and more towns are preparing to be flooded before the week is out.
As the rain has continued to fall and catchments spill over, those caught in the wall of water have turned to one another for support.
This is how the crisis has unfolded so far, in pictures
The small town of Eugowra was all but swept away earlier in the week as flash flooding caused what locals described as an inland '"tsunami".
In Forbes, locals have described their shock at what is the worst flooding the community has seen in 70 years.
Exhausted emergency service personnel have rescued hundreds of people and animals, both by boat and air.
About a two-hour drive north-east of Forbes, fast-moving floodwater has washed away the road and carved away the riverbank.
In Condobolin, historical flood levels have already been reached and the water is expected to peak before the end of the week.
And along the Murrumbidgee River communities are also on alert. Volunteers are working around the clock in the town of Hay ahead of the river reaching its highest level since 1974.
