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Harriet Tatham and Tim Swanston

Residents in NSW town of Moree still 'marooned' and waiting to start 'tedious' clean-up

While floodwaters have begun to recede in the regional NSW town of Moree, a community covered in mud has been left exposed. 

"So much gurneying," said Troy Wilson, who crossed the previously inaccessible bridge to help clean his daughters-in-law's sodden downstairs laundry — a task completed in thongs. 

After extensive rainfall over already sodden catchments, both the Mehi and Gywdir Rivers peaked at Moree on Sunday. 

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