NSW floods: friends and family struggle to locate loved ones in Eugowra as waters rise

As residents are helicoptered to safety from the isolated town, a community rallies to give hope

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Family and friends of missing Eugowra residents have been waiting anxiously to hear if their loved ones are safe after flash flooding inundated the town, leaving it with no reception.

The entire town of Eugowra remained cut off on Monday evening and about 200 people were being airlifted from the showground evacuation centre to Orange.

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