This is for the records. Nine MSN news report on the flooding at Bellingen.
A caravan park has been evacuated at Repton and the town of Bellingen has been cut off by floodwaters as heavy rain continues on the New South Wales mid-north coast.
Bellingen, with a population of about 2,700, is isolated after its main road, Waterfall Way, was cut by floodwaters on Tuesday.
'Both sides of the town are flooded,' the manager of the Diggers Tavern said.
The State Emergency Service (SES) said the flooding occurred after the Bellinger River peaked at Bellingen about 11am (AEDT) on Tuesday.
The flood peak was now moving down the river and was expected to peak about 3pm (AEDT) at Repton and Urunga.
Twenty-four people had been evacuated from the Repton Riverside Caravan Park in anticipation of flooding there, an SES spokeswoman said.
No other evacuations were planned but the SES was 'keeping an eye on things', she said.
The SES had received about 150 calls for assistance from residents of the Bellingen area since the heavy rain began on Friday, the spokeswoman said.
It received about 300mm of rain in the 48 hours until 6am on Tuesday.
Additional resources are on stand-by in case the flood situation in northern NSW gets worse, Premier Nathan Rees says.
The State Emergency Service (SES) says rising river levels may force the evacuation of residents on the NSW mid-north coast following further heavy rain, which is expected to continue until Wednesday.
'We are keeping an eye on the situation and will initiate the evacuation of some residents should that be deemed necessary,' SES spokeswoman Erin Pogmore said.
Rainfall had led to more than 500 calls for assistance from NSW residents since Friday, she said.
'Those calls have been for a range of jobs from roof and tree damage to general flooding damage.'
Mr Rees says there are long-standing arrangements to deal with floods in the region.
'Those have been put in place some time ago,' he said.
'Those arrangements work well.'
Additional SES volunteers and a helicopter were ready to mobilise if necessary.
'This is an area that is prone to flood,' Mr Rees said.
'The locals know how to deal with it.
'If there are any additional resources that are needed to help people out up there, then we will help with it.
