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article_snippet.sent: Around ten people immediately ran into (some hot water, with four people stripping off and swimming frantically through the icy, fast-moving water.
article_snippet.sent: I was in shock... at the size and scale of what we are confronting.'
article_snippet.sent: I don't think many of us can imagine circumstances where us life is literally washed away,' NSW Premier Mike Baird said on Thursday. '
article_snippet.sent: Personal possessions, all your memories are lost in an instant.'
article_snippet.sent: There are up to 2000 people stranded in the Hunter due to high waters.
article_snippet.sent: The devastation in the Hunter the Hunter has ended lives, destroyed homes and ruined countless possessions .