text: Dramatic footage has emerged of two separate houses being swept away by floodwater as wild weather wreaks havoc along the coast of New South Wales. One house was filmed as it was carried along a street in Dungog, in the Hunter Valley, north of Sydney. A Dungog resident filmed the half-submerged property drifting down the main drag as floodwater laps at its sides on his smartphone. Scroll down for video . A house in Dungog in NSW's Hunter Valley is seen washing away and was captured on a smartphone . Similar scenes were evident in Lake Macquarie with this house floating along the waterway . Footage shows the house floating dangerously close to street power lines and almost taking them down with it. Large pieces of debris are also seen bobbing up and down in the torrential waters. Local resident Jade Marie identified the house as her aunt's, according to Higgins Storm Chasers. She said that she had been helping her neighbours escape rising floodwaters but turned around to see water rising around the house. The mother said that she raced back inside to evacuate her partner and children just moments before the house dislodged and started floating away. Another recording of a house filmed far away from its usual address was taken by Tianna Brien, who spotted a houseboat being swept away in Toronto, near Lake Macquarie, west of Newcastle. She told the Newcastle Herald that at first she thought the home was a boat but then realised it was a houseboat. Ms Brien didn't recognise the houseboat and said that it had likely floated quite some distance. Jade Marie said it was her aunty's house that had been swept away, and she got back just in time to save her partner and her children before it was afloat . Ms Brien said at first she thought the house was a boat, but upon closer inspection realised it was someone's home . The houseboat was later anchored at at Fennell Bay, having passed under the bridge in the town's Main Road. Ms Brien said that she had to describe the incident to police several times and added: 'It was going pretty fast.' Three people have already died during the storms that continue to lash the Central Hunter region. Two men and one woman were trapped in the flood water that inundated the streets of Dungog, Fairfax Media reported. The intense weather conditions started on Monday, lashing the region with heavy rain and high winds. Numerous calls were received by emergency services for assistance, particularly in the Stroud and Dungog areas. A street in Rose Bay - in Sydney's east - was flooded after torrential rain fall throughout Monday . A fallen tree crashes through a white sedan in a Redfern street in Sydney's inner city while firefighters work to clean up . More than 20 people have been rescued from the flooding, and 215,000 homes and businesses are without power. State Emergency Service personnel and firefighters in Stroud, just north of Newcastle, have rescued 10 people from rooftops during the state's wildest weather in five years. There has been significant flooding and flash-flooding in Sydney, Newcastle and mid-north coast area, as a low-pressure system moved north from Sydney, affecting major roads and rail routes. Multiple persons trapped in vehicles, being trapped in buildings and being trapped on top of buildings while trying to take refuge from floodwaters,' SES deputy commissioner Steve Pearce said. 'There have been a whole range of calls.' The rescue missions are being shared between the SES, NSW Fire & Rescue and rural firefighters. Thousands of trees have fallen and hundreds of power lines are down. Ausgrid said 215,000 customers in Sydney, the Central Coast and Hunter were without power as crews carry out emergency repairs to make fallen poles and wires safe. Amid the wild weather, firefighters have also dealt with 75 fires. While in Mortdale, in Sydney's south-west, trees have been uprooted from sidewalks . A ferry terminal at Parramatta has been completely inundated by water on Tuesday morning . At Gosford waterfront winds were so strong that boats were being pushing towards the shore . The SES is anticipating a lot more calls. 'This weather system isn't abating - we still have cyclonic winds in that area,' Mr Pearce said. 'We're still seeing massive amounts of rainfall and so it's going to be a challenging and busy afternoon.' The Bureau of Meteorology has recorded wind speeds up to 100km/h with gusts up to 130km/h. More rain and strong winds will continue into Tuesday evening as another low pressure system builds off the NSW coast. A NSW Fire & Rescue spokesman told AAP that Monday night was one of its busiest on record. Rescuers received more than 3,000 calls and responded to 1,000 storm-related incidents. A firefighter at Port Stephens who was hospitalised with head, neck and shoulder injuries after a tree fell on his truck is in a stable condition. Off-duty firefighters are being recalled to duty in Greenacre in Sydney's west before heading north to Newcastle and Lake Macquarie to help the SES.
target: A house in Dungog, in NSW's Hunter Valley, is filmed being swept away by floodwater .
  The footage, taken on a camera phone, shows the house narrowly avoiding power lines as it travels through the wild water .
  A local Dungog woman described how she had minutes to evacuate from the property .
  In another incident, a second house was seen floating on a nearby lake .