Almost 800 homes destroyed by NSW floods with tally to rise as damage assessments continue

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The number of homes destroyed in the New South Wales floods has doubled to almost 800 as teams continue to asses damage on the state’s mid-north coast.

More than 5,000 damage assessments had been conducted with 794 homes deemed uninhabitable, a State Emergency Service spokesperson, Matt Heap, said on Tuesday. That figure was expected to rise.