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Vulnerable citizens deal with a fight to discover food and someplace dry to sleep when flood waters recede and short-lived shelters shut.

Nearly 800 people have sought sanctuary in NSW evacuation centres however their status as pop-up homes for some will stop to exist after the effect of ex-tropical cyclone Alfred passes.

Kim Kennedy, Vinnies' local real estate and homelessness manager for northeast NSW, has actually been on the cutting edge supporting people sleeping rough in flooded zones.

Her task was made harder on Monday due to damage to Fred's Place, the Tweed Heads drop-in centre where she is based, with consistent rainfall inundating the space.

On any provided day, the centre serves about 130 hot meals to those in requirement however showers and laundry centers run out commission up until the flood damage is fixed.

"It has been a horrendous time for the homeless neighborhood," Ms Kennedy told AAP.

"It has actually been really challenging attempting to get them any type of shelter."

She said the homeless were trying to find any dry locations they might sleep throughout a northern NSW area already dealing with a dire lack of budget friendly housing.

"We've been assisting out an entire family sleeping in their automobile," Ms Kennedy said.

"Seeing them in this horrendous weather is actually dreadful."

The Byron Shire local government location, south of Tweed Heads, had the most rough sleepers of any council area in the state, according to a 2024 federal government street count.

"We definitely do have a real estate issue in the Northern Rivers and we require options," Ms Kennedy said.

Chris Minns said evacuation centres established in schools, universities, fitness centers and clubs could not serve as a long-lasting fix to entrenched housing problems in the area.

"I am completely knowledgeable about the substantial challenges for housing in the Northern Rivers, but evacuation centres are not irreversible options ... we don't have the resources, the staffing, the time, the allocation," he stated.

The centres would close in all areas once local emergency situation orders were raised, Mr Minns added.

"So I desire to apologise beforehand but we need to draw a very clear and understood line."

More than 10,000 people were under emergency warnings in NSW on Monday morning, while 1800 people were isolated by floodwaters.

About 10,000 homes and organizations were still not linked to power as heavy rain continued to fall in numerous locations.

Major flood cautions were still in location for parts of the Clarence and Richmond rivers, while clean-up operations were under way somewhere else.

In Pottsville, in between Tweed Heads and Byron Bay, a whale carcass was amongst the particles that washed up after huge swells damaged the coastline for days.

Residents from 17 NSW city government locations who had actually lost income due to the storm would be eligible for federal catastrophe relief funds for up to 13 weeks, it was announced on Monday.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the financial backing would be backed by mental health services for affected areas.

"We have actually got your back, that's my message to neighborhoods here," he said from Lismore on Monday.

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