article_snippet.sent: The State Emergency Service was deluged with calls for assistance last week and has more than 4,000 jobs from the 24,196 requests still to be completed.
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article_snippet.sent: That's our focus - the Hunter region - because they've been smashed,' SES spokeswoman Stephanie Wills said. '
article_snippet.sent: Ms Wills said the SES would spend the next few days trying to complete as many jobs as possible, as well as warning people to prepare people homes should another severe storm hit. '
article_snippet.sent: Obviously we're trying to get through has many as we can before next system hits,' Ms Wills said.
article_snippet.sent: Ms Wills said there were over 1000 personnel in the field across NSW, including 200 from other states such as Queensland, Victoria, the ACT and South Australia.