Lauren Pezet

A man accused of murdering his mother and hiding her body in a car parked in a street has been named during a NSW court appearance on Saturday morning.

Over the past eight years the NSW Nationals have slowly lost a third of its seats, a path back will be equally fraught

Fast, deep and devastating — these aerial photographs show how communities across NSW have been swept away as floods pummelled towns across the state this week.

Spills from Wyangala Dam peaked at 230,000 megalitres a day and elsewhere thousands have been forced to leave their homes as flash flooding sweeps large parts of western NSW.

More than 100 people are rescued from rooftops by ADF and SES helicopters in Eugowra in western NSW as flash flooding strikes Australia's south east amid a forecast for rising rivers and snow.

Residents in Gunnedah, Wagga Wagga and Forbes are being ordered to leave their homes.

Heavy rain and strong winds cause dangerous flash flooding and rapid river rises in parts of central and southern NSW.

Northern Rivers residents whose homes were severely impacted by floods earlier this year may now have the opportunity to move to higher ground.

A 29-year-old male driver and 63-year-old female passenger died in the incident on Friday afternoon in the NSW Central West, with three children, two other women and a man also injured.

A report says up to 46,000 people in Sydney could fail to evacuate if flooding comparable to that experienced in Lismore earlier this year struck in the future.