The Latest Breaking News from Lismore

People in suburbs stretching across Sydney's north and south west have been ordered to evacuate as the flood-crisis in New South Wales worsens.

Northern NSW mourns the loss of beloved locals who perished in the region's flood crisis — and, there could be more tragedy to come as the state faces another bout of severe weather.

Tens of thousands of people had been ordered to evacuate their homes by Tuesday and many more had been told to prepare to flee as parts of Australia’s southeast coast are inundated by the worst flooding in decades that has claimed at least nine lives. Scores of residents, some with…

Farmers have watched on, feeling helpless, as hundreds of cattle were swept away in the record-breaking flood event in northern NSW. In other cases, stories of hope, as animals are guided to safety.

As rescuers continue to search for those missing in Lismore, Ballina is preparing for a one-in-500-year flood event

"There will be storms. There will be trees down. There will be roof damage."

“If you don’t believe in climate change you’re asking for something even more dramatic. Like if you say this is normal, then what do you expect you’ll get when it gets abnormal? You’d better hope this isn’t normal.”

The body of an elderly woman is found inside a flooded home at Lismore, as the flood emergency gripping northern NSW continues.

Hundreds of people remain unaccounted for and a woman's body has been found in a flooded home amid devastating scenes in NSW.