deal with a battle to discover food and someplace dry to sleep when flood waters recede and short-term shelters shut.

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

Kim Kennedy, Vinnies' regional housing and homelessness manager for northeast NSW, has actually been on the cutting edge supporting individuals 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 need but showers and laundry facilities are out of commission up until the flood damage is repaired.

"It has been a horrendous time for the homeless community," Ms Kennedy informed AAP.

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

She said the homeless were searching for any dry places they might sleep across a northern NSW region currently dealing with an alarming lack of budget-friendly real estate.

"We have actually been assisting a whole family oversleeping their car," Ms Kennedy said.

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

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

"We definitely do have a real estate issue in the Northern Rivers and we need services," Ms Kennedy stated.

NSW Premier Chris Minns said evacuation centres set up in schools, universities, fitness centers and clubs might not serve as a long-lasting repair to established housing issues in the region.

"I am fully conscious of the significant obstacles for housing in the Northern Rivers, however evacuation centres are not long-term services ... we don't have the resources, the staffing, the time, the allocation," he said.

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

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

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

About 10,000 homes and businesses were still not connected to power as heavy rain continued to fall in lots of areas.

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

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

Residents from 17 NSW regional government areas who had actually lost earnings due to the storm would be eligible for federal disaster relief funds for as much as 13 weeks, it was announced on Monday.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stated the financial assistance would be backed by psychological health services for affected locations.

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

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