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Rescue helicopters moved to NSW-Victorian border to help flooded river communities

Emergency services in NSW have joined forces to relocate a rescue air base from Bourke to Wentworth, to support residents isolated by flooding along the Murray Darling Basin.

Stations and farms are being cut off by rising water levels in the lower Darling River and Menindee Lakes, despite major flooding from the Murray River beginning to subside near the NSW-Victorian border.

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