The man,believed to be in his 40s,is in a critical condition after the plane he was flying burst into flames on impact at Luskintyre near the Hunter Valley.
Hundreds of residents have been evacuated and teachers are being driven to work in fire trucks as the effects of major flooding are felt across central NSW.
Police divers found the boy inside a submerged vehicle on Saturday afternoon after it was swept away by floodwaters on Friday night.
An inquiry has recommended a major reset of emergency management in the face of increasing extreme weather events.
The premier must not kick this can down the road past the state election next March. He has asked for federal help and it should be given.
Resilience NSW boss Shane Fitzsimmons has hit back at the government’s flood inquiry describing its findings about the disaster agency as disappointing,without evidence and based on inaccurate or incorrect information.
Former police commissioner Mick Fuller and Professor Mary O’Kane’s report to Premier Dominic Perrottet calls for the biggest overhaul of emergency services since they were established.
SMH and The Age photographer Alex Ellinghausen captured an image of firefighter Chris Montgomery during the Black Summer bushfires that will forever tell a story of the sacrifice of those who volunteer to stand between community and disaster.
There are calls for the bushfire inquiry to examine why a backburn was lit and then given the name of a distant fire.
Sometime before dawn on Monday,February 27,Aiden Ricketts’ neighbours began to cry for help.
Pilots paid by the government to be on standby for natural disasters have revealed they were kept grounded during the flood emergency.