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A young family thought their luck could not get any worse after floods ravaged their northwest Sydney home three times in 12 months.
But between moving from motel to motel and battling with their insurer to repair their mould-ridden property so they could return, they were dealt the biggest blow of all.
Amid the stress of the ordeal, wife and mother-of-four Naomi, 41, died suddenly after suffering a blood clot in an artery while cleaning up at their Windsor home.
The Young family (pictured) were left displaced after their northwest Sydney home flooded in March. Amid the stress, they also lost their mother and wife Naomi (centre, back row) from a blood clot
'It has just destroyed our lives,' her husband Dave Young told A Current Affair.
'For me, I would just roll with the punches, but for her, she put on a brave face, but it was just killing her. It was eating her. She died in my arms.'
Dave, Naomi, and their children Emily, Tayla, Molly, and Ayden were forced to evacuate their home and enter temporary accommodation after their property was