In pictures: The devastating impact the NSW floods have had on people's lives
A fourth person has been confirmed dead and another is still missing in record floods on the NSW Mid North Coast.
Over 6,000 people remain without power.
The SES said there are 50,000 people isolated after receiving orders to prepare to evacuate.
More are expected in the coming days.
Flood rescues conducted by emergency personnel over the past few days have reached more than 678.
The worst-affected flood areas are Port Macquarie, Taree and Kempsey.
Pictures have captured the impact flooding has had on people's lives.
On Thursday, 9,500 properties were in the direct vicinity of the floodwaters.
According to the SES, the Manning River is flooding at a level never seen before at Taree, surpassing the 1929 record of 6 metres and is still rising.
People have been urged to move to higher ground, as rising floodwater and treacherous conditions are making it hard for rescue teams to reach those in need.
Port Macquarie is among one of the most affected areas.
Residents have been rallying together to drop supplies by boat to isolated people in the town's flooded North Shore community, on the northern side of the Hastings River.
As many as 50 Kempsey CBD businesses have been impacted by floodwaters.
Kempsey Mayor Kinne Ring told the ABC that water peaked at 7.1 metres on Thursday night, which "unfortunately meant our CBD was inundated".
Aussie Ark, a wildlife sanctuary located near Barrington Tops National Park, west of Taree, experienced what it calls a "flooding crisis".
In social media posts from Friday morning, the sanctuary said the heavy rainfall over the past several days has destroyed fencing and roads, caused power outages, forced animals to be evacuated, and led to food shortages.
As more rain is forecast, the sanctuary has called for assistance through an emergency flood appeal.
Farmers across northern New South Wales have begun to see the damage flooding has caused.
Senior meteorologist Angus Hines from the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said some weather stations had recorded 300 millimetres of rain in the 24 hours to lunch time on Thursday, taking the total to 500-600mm for the week so far.
The weather system that flooded the Mid North Coast and Hunter regions of NSW is moving south.
It hit Sydney on Thursday night.
Flooding has cut road and rail lines north of Sydney and in parts of the city.
Limited bus services are replacing trains with the Hunter Line out of action because of flooding at Sandgate.
Several parts of Sydney recorded more than 100mm of rain over the past 24 hours.
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