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 . A man has been charged with murder after he allegedly shot dead two men at an apartment complex in Sydney's west last night.
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 .