Boy, 6, dies as 嵐／襲撃するs move through NSW
A father called on to help his eldest son when he got into trouble in 嵐／襲撃する-swept seas in northern NSW returned to find his younger son floating 直面する 負かす／撃墜する.
The six-year-old boy has become the sixth person killed by wild 天候 working its way 負かす／撃墜する Australia's east coast.
The boy was with his father and brother 近づく a 激しく揺する 塀で囲む at unpatrolled South Ballina beach 早期に on Saturday afternoon when his older brother got into trouble and his father swam to help.
They returned to find the younger boy floating 直面する 負かす／撃墜する, Surf Life Saving Far North Coast 義務 officer Jimmy Keough told AAP.
The boy was dragged の上に the 激しく揺する 塀で囲む, where fisherman helped 配達する CPR, he said.
Volunteer surf lifesavers and paramedics arrived to take over before he was flown by ヘリコプター to Gold Coast Hospital, where he died.
The 嵐／襲撃する 前線, which brought 記録，記録的な／記録する downpours to southern Queensland on Friday, created 背信の beach 条件s along the NSW coast, 含むing 大規模な waves and dangerous 引き裂くs, Mr Keough said.
He 述べるd the beach, which lies across the Richmond River from the town of Ballina, as remote and unpatrolled.
"It would have been 背信の at the time of the 出来事/事件," he said.
The death comes after 当局 確認するd that five Queenslanders killed on Friday, 含むing a five-year-old boy, died after trying to 運動 on flooded roads.
The NSW 明言する／公表する 緊急 Service received more than 1000 call-outs and 成し遂げるd more than 22 flood 救助（する）s on Friday night and Saturday, most 伴う／関わるing cars, as the low 圧力 system moved south.
At one point, up to 9000 people were 削減（する） off by 洪水s. By Saturday evening the number had fallen to about 3500, 広報担当者 Phil Campbell said.
He said Bellingen and Lismore were the worst 影響する／感情d areas as nearby rivers broke their banks.
The Bureau of Meteorology called off a 厳しい 天候 警告 for the 地域 at 6.15pm.
"We are still 推定する／予想するing things will 緩和する off in most areas 夜通し, and the remaining areas tomorrow," 広報担当者 Phil Campbell said.
He said rain would 攻撃する，衝突する Sydney on Saturday night with the chance of 激しい downpours in the morning.
"We're keeping a の近くに 注目する，もくろむ on it."
