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NSW-Queensland weather updates: Lismore flood peak revised down, some residents allowed to return home but threat remains for others

The Bureau of Meteorology has revised down Lismore's expected flood peak with some residents now able to return to their homes as the weather system moves south.

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Northern NSW towns under evacuation orders as heavy rainfall hits flood-ravaged regions

SES issues evacuation orders for parts of Lismore, Billinudgel, Mullumbimby and Tumbulgum as severe weather lashes parts of NSW and Queensland

The Guardian - AU

Sydney news: Flash flooding hits Sydney overnight

MORNING BRIEFING: The State Emergency Service responds to flash flooding in parts of Sydney.

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Evacuation orders issued as 'life-threatening' flood warnings raised for NSW Northern Rivers, Mid North Coast

Authorities are warning flash and riverine flooding could be a "risk to life and property", and evacuation orders are issued with a dozen aircraft on standby to conduct flood rescues if required.

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Flood evacuation orders issued for Lismore after man and dogs die in Queensland

Severe weather warnings issued for parts of eastern Australia still recovering from recent floods, with heavy rain forecast

The Guardian - AU

Five years after ‘the biggest flood in living memory’, our city once again lies in ruins

If we’re to learn a lesson from the catastrophic floods in Australia, it’s that we are severely underprepared for catastrophic events like this one.

The New Daily

After the floods: is the Byron region ready for Easter tourist season?

While some areas of the northern rivers have been utterly devastated by the February flooding, others are crying out for tourist dollars – but logistics may be complicated

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Climate change spat splits Lismore council in flood aftermath

Motion thanking community should not be ‘political’ and reference to climate change was ‘piss poor’, councillor says

The Guardian - AU

Domestic violence spike expected in flood-ravaged northern NSW

There is a link between domestic violence and natural disasters, say support organisations that are bracing for the fallout as they deal with their own resources and accommodation being decimated by floods.

ABC News

Warning for flood-hit regions as wet weather and storms return to eastern Australia

Frontal system will move through Sydney, form a line of storms across the Hunter Valley and mid-north coast before moving north

The Guardian - AU

The Loop: Toddler COVID death in NSW, Lismore flood victims protest and Doctor Who speculation

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Lismore Locals Drove 700km To Dump A Fuckload Of Flood-Damaged Crap In The PM’s Front Yard

The pissed off protesters carried debris to the front gates after the road was closed.

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Lismore flood victims call for climate action outside Scott Morrison's Kirribilli home

People whose homes were destroyed in the recent floods travel to Sydney to dump wreckage outside Kirribilli House, with one protest sign reading: "Your climate inaction killed my neighbour”.

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Australia’s cataclysmic floods raise spectre of communities’ permanent retreat

Climate change is leaving cities across the world uninsurable, and evacuation may be the only solution

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Lismore flood victims dump debris at PM's

Flood-impacted Lismore residents angry at Prime Minister Scott Morrison have dumped a truckload of waterlogged possessions at Kirribilli House.

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Flooded offices of Koori Mail becomes ground zero to help Lismore residents

More than a fortnight on since floodwaters ravaged the northern NSW town of Lismore, the offices of national Indigenous newspaper Koori Mail has become a grassroots ground zero, providing basic supplies to medical assistance for locals who have nothing.

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After two devastating floods in five years, what's next for Lismore?

Should Lismore rebuild or is it time to rethink the city from the ground up? Residents, real estate agents and emergency service officials say there's plenty to consider as the community cleans up again.

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Flood-affected Lismore residents with nowhere to go return to homes deemed uninhabitable

Exclusive: Multiple families who evacuated during the NSW floods left with no choice but to move back home in recent days

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'I simply haven’t got it in me to do it again': imagining a new heart for flood-stricken Lismore

The flood crisis in northern New South Wales has left lives shattered. Those worst affected are dazed and struggling to comprehend the loss of life, homes, livelihoods and possessions.

The Guardian - AU

Motor homes for flood-affected Lismore residents empty while more temporary housing yet to arrive

Exclusive: Linen and water sources have not been organised for the homes, leaving locals waiting in evacuation centres

The Guardian - AU

‘It’s stuff you can’t replace’: experts fear priceless local history will be thrown out in NSW floods cleanup

Historians are concerned about what the loss of family memories and cultural heritage will mean for the region

ABC News

Calls for inquiry into triple zero response which left communities in isolation during NSW floods

When record-breaking floods swept across northern NSW threatening countless lives, vital telecommunications lines failed on a massive scale. This is how it unfolded.

The Guardian - AU

One frantic hour: the race to save the Koori Mail from rapidly rising flood waters

When Lismore’s river burst its banks, the Indigenous newspaper was hit hard. With printing paused, its staff are still finding ways to serve the community

ABC News

Resilient communities in Lismore and Ballina look forward but the threat of a COVID surge looms, warns doctor

Health professionals and locals in Lismore are expecting the new, more-contagious strain of the Omicron COVID variant will surge in a town that's already seen much heartache.

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The local plan to train Lismore’s flotilla of flood rescue tinnies

A Lismore flood rescue expert wants to train up the community so that people are less dependent on outside help when the next disaster strikes.

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