Cyclone Debbie: The overall cost

The tail end of Cyclone Debbie is wreaking havoc in New Zealand, causing widespread flooding several days after it tore through Australia's east coast.

The overall cost of Cyclone Debbie

- Queensland -

DEATH TOLL

* Currently at five with three still missing.

THE DAMAGE

* 650 residences in northern Qld ruled uninhabitable.

* 38 homes inundated by floodwaters in the southeast.

* Central Qld still bracing for worst flooding since 1954.

* 230,000 lost power.

THE CLEANUP

* More than 1000 volunteers have registered to help residents in southeast Queensland whose homes were inundated by floodwaters.

* Emergency services and SES crews also remain on the ground.

THE BILL

* Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk estimates it to be in the billions.

* More than 25,000 applications for Immediate Hardship Assistance grants.

- NSW -

DEATH TOLL

* Six

DAMAGE

* Lismore, Tweed heads, Murwillumbah and Mullumbimby hardest hit.

* 1000 people were left stranded in the lower Richmond Valley.

* Evacuation order for Tumbulgum.

* Worst floods to hit northern NSW in 40 years.

THE CLEANUP

* More than 500 emergency personnel still working on damage assessment.

* SES preparing to hand over clean-up coordination to local councils and NSW government as emergency subsides.

THE BILL

* Surpassed the $200 million mark this week, and is expected to rise.

- New Zealand -

DEATH TOLL

* 0

DAMAGE

* Widespread flooding on North Island.

* Thousands evacuated from their homes.

* 10,000 home without power in Auckland.

THE CLEANUP

* State of emergency declared in two cities.

* Water pumps brought into Edgecumbe, which has been under water for two days.

THE BILL

* Still unknown


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