The Latest Breaking News from Lismore

The NSW agency tasked with coordinating the response to disastrous floods was unprepared and struggled to provide help, a hearing in Lismore has been told.

Three months on from the devastating flood event in late February, 1,300 people remain in emergency accommodation and less than 20 per cent of businesses are back operating in Lismore.

North coast residents are struggling to navigate the insurance process as they try to move on from the worst floods on record.

Moving people out of flood-prone areas in north and south Lismore could cost $400 million, and the local council can't afford to pay its share.

People living in areas devastated by floods in northern NSW earlier this year are being warned rivers could rise again with rain expected to continue this week.

MORNING BRIEFING: More rain is forecast for everywhere from the NSW south coast to the Queensland border today, with a minor flood warning in place for parts of the north coast, including Lismore.

Lismore (Australia) (AFP) - For Karey Patterson, the lingering memory of the February floods that devastated Australia's east coast was wondering how long he could hold his daughter's head above water as the torrent consumed their home.

Around Australia, statistical measures like the "one-in-100-year flood" level are used by authorities to determine safe building standards, but experts say climate change has changed everything.

Australia is no stranger to disasters like droughts, floods, bushfires and heatwaves. The problem is, they’re going to get worse. And then worse again. As the global temperature ratchets up, these disasters will grow in size, frequency and intensity. We will have to get much better at adapting, and do…

Most Australians want action on climate change, but you would not know that from the campaign for Saturday’s election.

A Lismore vet fears the worst is yet to come for farmers struggling with water-logged paddocks as he launches an attack on decision makers he says do not understand their plight.