Dozens of bush and grass fires continue to burn in NSW as the tally of homes destroyed during the weekend's "catastrophic" conditions has been revised up to 41.
About 50 blazes were burning across the state on Wednesday afternoon, with 16 of them yet to be contained, according to the Rural Fire Service.
However the threat to homes has been reduced with no watch and act alerts in place.
Most of the properties destroyed on the weekend were in the state's central west where a large blaze named the Sir Ivan fire blackened 52,000 hectares east of Dunedoo. A church was also reduced to ruins.
Conditions have eased but hundreds of firefighters are still working to get on top of the blazes ahead of another expected spike in temperatures.
More than 100 outbuildings were destroyed by the blaze near Dunedoo, while nine homes were destroyed at Pappinbarra near Port Macquarie, Dondingalong near Kempsey and Boggabri near Narrabri.
The damage bill is at least $20 million, with that figure set to rise, according to the Insurance Council of Australia.
Meanwhile, electricity workers warn that some residents in northwest NSW may have to wait a week or more for their power to be restored after hundreds of kilometres of power lines were damaged.
The Electrical Trades Union says recent staff cuts mean there aren't enough workers on the ground to restore power quickly in areas around Uarbry, Leadville and Cassilis.
But Essential Energy states of 1550 households and businesses impacted by outages on Sunday all but 125 customers had their power restored by Tuesday night.
"Essential Energy continues to progressively restore power and hopes to be able to reduce the number of affected customers to around 100 (on Wednesday) with many of the remaining sites unable to be reconnected due to significant property damage and access issues," northern region manager Mark Summers said in a statement.
Meanwhile, weather conditions are forecast to worsen on Thursday when higher temperatures and strong winds are expected in parts of inland southern NSW.
But conditions won't be like those seen on the weekend, when the state faced its worst day in the history of fire danger ratings, the Bureau of Meteorology says.
