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Vulnerable locals face a battle to find food and somewhere dry to sleep when flood waters recede and momentary shelters shut.

Nearly 800 people have actually looked for refuge in NSW evacuation centres but their status as pop-up homes for some will disappear after the impact of ex-tropical cyclone Alfred passes.

Kim Kennedy, Vinnies' local real estate and homelessness manager for northeast NSW, has actually been on the front lines supporting people sleeping rough in flooded zones.

Her task was made harder on Monday due to harm to Fred's Place, the Tweed Heads drop-in centre where she is based, with constant rains swamping the area.

On any given day, the centre serves about 130 hot meals to those in requirement however showers and laundry centers run out commission until the flood damage is fixed.

"It has actually been a horrendous time for the homeless neighborhood," Ms Kennedy informed AAP.

"It has been really difficult trying to get them any type of shelter."

She said the homeless were looking for any dry locations they might sleep throughout a northern NSW region already dealing with a dire scarcity of budget friendly housing.

"We've been assisting out an entire household sleeping in their cars and truck," Ms Kennedy stated.

"Seeing them in this horrendous weather condition is actually dreadful."

The Byron Shire regional federal government location, south of Tweed Heads, had the most rough sleepers of any council area in the state, according to a 2024 federal government street count.

"We absolutely do have a housing problem in the Northern Rivers and we need services," Ms Kennedy stated.

NSW Premier Chris Minns stated evacuation centres established in schools, universities, health clubs and clubs could not serve as a long-term fix to established real estate problems in the region.

"I am completely familiar with the considerable challenges for real estate in the Northern Rivers, however evacuation centres are not irreversible services ... we do not have the resources, the staffing, the time, the allocation," he said.

The centres would close in all locations once regional emergency situation orders were raised, Mr Minns included.

"So I wish to apologise ahead of time however we need to draw a very clear and understood line."

More than 10,000 people were under emergency situation cautions in NSW on Monday morning, while 1800 people were separated by floodwaters.

About 10,000 homes and organizations were still not linked to power as heavy rain continued to fall in numerous areas.

Major flood warnings were still in place for parts of the Clarence and Richmond rivers, while were under method elsewhere.

In Pottsville, in between Tweed Heads and Byron Bay, a whale carcass was amongst the particles that washed up after huge swells battered the coastline for days.

Residents from 17 NSW city government areas who had lost income due to the storm would be qualified for federal catastrophe relief funds for approximately 13 weeks, it was revealed on Monday.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the financial support would be backed by psychological health services for affected locations.

"We've got your back, that's my message to neighborhoods here," he stated from Lismore on Monday.

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