Steve Spowart rescued his friend 's horses stranded in deep storm water by paddling out to them on a surfboard . The animals were in flooded fields near Dungog , in the NSW Hunter region . One of the horses was caught in barbed wire and became startled as Mr riders tried to free it . Dungog is one of the areas hardest affected in the state by what 's being termed the storm of the century . fourteen horses have died in the severe weather and four houses were washed away .
Steve Spowart rescued his friend 's horses stranded in deep storm water by paddling out to them on a surfboard . The animals were in flooded fields near Dungog , in the NSW Hunter region . One of the horses was caught in barbed wire and became startled as Mr Spowart tried to free it . Dungog is one of the areas hardest hit in the state by what 's being called the storm of the century . Three people have died in the severe weather and four houses were washed away .