Login to follow THE State Emergency Service Murwillumbah Unit has been assisting NSW Ambulance paramedics to access a patient cut off by floodwater. Two SES teams with flood boats were tasked to Cane Rd, between Condong and Kynnumboon near Murwillumbah today. It is understood paramedics were attempting to reach a patient suffering from a medical condition. But with Cane Rd cut off by floodwater, they could not reach the patient via road ambulance. NSW SES spokesman Mitchell Clout said there had been 18 rescue jobs - and 1333 jobs in total - across the state since the weather event began. The majority of jobs on the Northern Rivers have been leaking roofs, damaged roads, fallen trees and sandbagging requirements.
FLOODWATERS closed roads and cut off residents from essential services on the Tweed yesterday. State Emergency Service Murwillumbah Unit volunteers were yesterday afternoon tasked to help NSW Ambulance paramedics to access a patient near Murwillumbah. Paramedics could not reach the patient, suffering from a medical condition, by road as Cane Rd was flooded between Condong and Kynnumboon. NSW SES spokesman Mitchell Clout said the organisation s Tweed Heads unit had been the busiest in the state, with at least 156 jobs since the weather event began. Evacuation orders were issued for some parts of the Tweed yesterday but the region appeared to have escaped severe flood impacts as rain eased and the river levels dropped throughout the day.