"There could be people overnight that perished in that flood, we don`t know at this stage," said Mark Morrow, from the New South Wales State Emergency Service.
Tens of thousands of residents have evacuated homes in northern New South Wales (NSW) and southern Queensland.
Evacuation orders are mandatory," New South Wales State Emergency Service said on Twitter on Thursday.
"Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Emergency warnings were issued after several rivers broke their banksMany pleas for help had gone unanswered because it was too dangerous, he said.
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Flooding has forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate homesAustralian authorities fear people may have drowned as a flood emergency grips two states in the wake of Cyclone Debbie.
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