article_snippet.sent: The Premier is touring flood damaged areas in NSW as thousands remain effected by fierce storms which battered Sydney and the Hunter earlier this week .
article_snippet.sent: NSW Premier Mike Baird is touring the area and says NSW Premier Mike Baird is shocked at the devastation caused by flooding in the Hunter.
article_snippet.sent: Homes, cattle, this whole landscape has been completely and utterly devastated,' NSW Premier Mike Baird said in Maitland after a helicopter tour of the region. '
article_snippet.sent: The state's worst storms in a decade have ripped through Sydney and surrounding areas this week with four deaths in the region. '
article_snippet.sent: The state's worst storms in a decade have ripped through Sydney and surrounding areas this week with four deaths in the region .
highlights_snippet.sent: NSW Premier Mike Baird visited the area and is 'shocked' by devastation .