Authorities have confirmed a fifth person has died in flood-ravaged northern NSW.
Police said the body of a man, believed to be in his 40s, was discovered near Terragon, south of Murwillumbah, about 2pm today.
He is yet to be formally identified.
Local police have established a crime scene where the body was found on Byrill Creek Road and a report will be prepared for the coroner.
Terragon is a small town located on the Tweed River, about 20 kilometres from Murwillumbah, which was inundated with flood waters.
Tweed Mayor Chris Cherry this week said the river's 6.5m peak at Murwillumbah was higher than what was seen during the 2017 floods.
"While we are used to flooding, no-one expects or is mentally prepared for an event of this magnitude and my heart goes out to all those affected," she said.
The bodies of four people were recovered on Tuesday and Wednesday in the city of Lismore, which also experienced its worst flood on record.
They were 84-year-old Lorraine Hyman, who lived on Ewing Street in Lismore.
Marge Graham, 82, a local radio presenter in Lismore, also died in the floodwaters.
She was a singer-songwriter and organised many country music events and charity fundraisers.
Stuart Bock, 56, was confirmed as the third death in Lismore on Wednesday morning.
Later that day, the body of a man believed to be in his 70s was discovered inside a flooded unit in South Lismore.
State Emergency Service crews, police, fire fighters and civilians performed thousands of rescues in the Northern Rivers region this week.
As rapidly rising flood levels caught locals and authorities off guard, people were forced to seek refuge on their roofs and in ceiling cavities to escape the water.
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet said it was clear there should have been "better coordination" on the ground in the state's north as the crisis unfolded.
"I don't want to see any of those things happen again," he said.
