Farm families forced apart by 'forgotten flood' say kids and parents are struggling

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Farm families forced apart by 'forgotten flood' say kids and parents are struggling
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Three-year-old Adeline is just one of many children who have spent weeks separated from at least one parent as families in flood-ravaged communities try to keep work, school, and farm life going.

The Couplands say they were lucky to have harvested much of their grain

"It's a bit like going back into COVID because we haven't been able to catch up with anyone in town or around us," she says.Rural Aid's chief executive, John Warlters, is concerned about the toll this year's flooding is taking on the mental health of farmers and their families. "It's almost the 'forgotten flood', and the hardship that people are experiencing, it's been lost on people," he says."There was running and happiness and screaming … there was crying and laughter. It was pretty special," Ms Tyack says.But there was also sorrow because while their home was still standing, many others weren't.

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