The number of completely destroyed homes from inundating floods has doubled to about 800 as flood-weary communities sense some relief with weather conditions set to ease.
SES spokesman Matt Heap told AAP on Tuesday that 794 homes in the Mid North Coast region of NSW have been deemed as unfit for living in after more than 5000 damage assessments were conducted.
That figure of uninhabitable dwellings is expected to sharply rise throughout the day.
At the peak of the flooding, 50,000 people were isolated as delivering critical food supplies becomes a major priority to areas where roads are cut off.
The natural disaster has cost five lives and has kept about 12,000 people isolated.
