See: House washed away by floods as wild weather hits Australia’s east coast

Devastating footage captured the moment when the home of a young Australian couple was washed away by floodwaters off the north coast of New South Wales.

A video shared by local woman Ciara Knox showed the house being washed away by the flooded Manning River near the town of Taree. “Heartbreaking,” he wrote.

A GoFundMe has been created to support the couple who lived in the house.

“On March 20, our brother Joshua and his fiancee Sarah lost their entire home and belongings to the flooding in Mondrook, NSW, on the north central coast,” the GoFundMe page reads.

“What was supposed to be their wedding day ended with their house floating downstream and they lost everything they had worked hard for and sadly they lost their pets too.

“We are trying to raise money to help them start over, anything would be greatly appreciated.”

The NSW emergency services have established several emergency evacuation centers for residents who are being asked to leave their homes as dangerous conditions cause flooding in parts of NSW.

Evacuation orders have been issued for low-rise properties in Central Wingham and Wingham Peninsular, Taree Estate, Dumaresq Island and Cundletown, Laurieton, North Haven, Dunbogan and Diamond Head, Kings Point and Macksville, Wauchope and Rawdon Island, Bulahdelah, Kempsey CBD, Lower Macleay and Port Macquarie.

Images and videos posted today on social media showed widespread flooding in the city of Port Macquarie after it received more than 180mm of rain yesterday.

“I woke up this morning to these images on my timeline,” wrote Twitter user Paul Jobber. “Unbelievable. Port Macquarie CBD has sunk.”

In Sydney, residents are urged to stay indoors this weekend as dangerous levels of rain are expected to cause continued flash flooding.

“This will be the difference between what might look like an uncomfortable rain, and actually something that could be quite dangerous and threatening,” said Agata Imielska of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology.

“It is really important for the people of Sydney to be vigilant when it comes to reconsidering their plans.”

It comes after much of the north central coast was hit by heavy rains on Friday, leaving emergency services scrambling to help stranded residents who were flooded in their homes.