Some 70 defence personnel have been deployed to aid with the mop-up efforts in the latest natural disaster to hit NSW which has claimed five lives and left hundreds of homes uninhabitable.
The prime minister visited Milton Johnson's dairy farms as well as overalls-clad emergency members and army troops at Taree's SES operations centre.
Damage assessments are continuing on Tuesday with some 794 premises including homes and businesses on the Mid North Coast already deemed uninhabitable, SES spokesman Matt Heap told AAP on Tuesday.
That dwellings figure is expected to sharply rise throughout the day.
Weather conditions are set to ease from Wednesday but damaging winds will pass through the region first.
"We do have damaging wind warnings ... that includes the high elevated parts of the Mid North Coast and northern Hunter," senior meteorologist Dean Narramore from the Bureau of Meteorology said on Tuesday.
"We could see showers develop this afternoon with strong and gusty winds but those conditions should ease tonight and then they'll clear out by Wednesday."
Affected locals have been picking up muddied possessions and surveying damage, while drones have been used to drop hay to isolated farms and for aerial welfare checks at properties.
Nadia Zarb, artist and gallery owner in Taree, one of the worst-hit towns, said she could not have coped without community support.
"We've got the best community, we've got the support around us and I couldn't ask for anything more," she told AAP.
Michael Kemp, state MP for Oxley - which covers four local government areas on the Mid North Coast - said it was tough seeing "people's livelihoods on the side of the kerb".
Insurers have so far received more than 4000 claims.
The crisis has prompted federal-state natural disaster recovery arrangements, including small loans for business, which have been activated for 19 local government areas.Â
"I can assure everybody on the mid-north coast that those agencies are working around the clock to get those communities back up on their feet," Premier Chris Minns said.
But NSW Nationals leader Dugald Saunders said farmers needed more than loans to help recover from the disaster.
"What they need is a helping hand in the form of a grant to enable them to uplift their business," Mr Saunders told AAP in Taree.
"The feeling is a little bit starting to get angry now as people wonder where the support actually is."
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