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Australian beach town of Byron Bay inundated by floodwaters

Sydney (AFP) - The Australian coastal enclave of Byron Bay, known for its celebrity residents and idyllic beaches, was inundated by floodwaters Wednesday as severe storms again battered the country's east.

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Tanya and Dion moved to Lismore six months ago. Now they're without a home for the second time in a month

Lismore's weary residents are finding it hard to stay optimistic amid the chaos of another natural disaster.

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BOM forecaster explains the challenges in predicting torrential rain, flooding event in NSW

Predicting the weather is notoriously a difficult task, but getting the severe weather forecast right can be even harder, according to Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Neil Bennett.

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Thousands of Australians Flee Homes as Floods Inundate Towns

Heavy rains deluged Australia's east coast on Wednesday, submerging entire towns, while thousands of people fled their homes for the second time within weeks after fast-moving flood waters burst river banks and broke over levees. Several towns in northern New South Wales, already reeling after record floods over a month…

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‘How Bad Does It Have To Get?’: Lismore Residents Are Once Again Struggling Without Govt Support

Lismore residents were exhausted and frustrated after the city flooded again but disjointed communication left people underprepared.

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‘No one could have predicted’: authorities defend Lismore flood response after evacuation order was cancelled

With waters breaching the Lismore levee, the SES has had to defend cancelling an evacuation order late on Tuesday

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Thousands of Australians flee homes as floods inundate towns

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Oh Fuck, Lismore Is Flooding Again And The Evacuation Sirens Aren’t Sounding

Lismore is flooding again with major flood warnings and evacuation orders issued this morning after the levee sirens malfunctioned.

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Torrential rain sees 430mm fall in some parts of NSW as Sydney March records broken

The Wilsons River at Lismore is expected to reach a peak of about 12 metres this evening as the NSW SES says the state's flood crisis "still has a number of days to go".

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Worst could be yet to come for flood-hit areas – as it happened

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Lismore and Byron Bay flooded as weather system tracks south bringing more evacuations

Missing woman identified as Lismore’s levee overtops for second time in a month

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Mental health of people in flood-ridden northern NSW a focus as new support opens in Lismore

Residents in the NSW Northern Rivers region are being urged to take care of themselves and each other as the number of people seeking support of anxiety, trauma, and distress escalates.

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Wilsons River at Lismore to peak at 12m, search for missing Nowra woman continues

Wilsons River at Lismore is tipped to reach a flood peak of 12 metres or slightly higher overnight. Fifty-five flood rescues have been conducted in the past 24 hours, and the search for a missing Nowra woman continues.

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Woman believed missing in Lismore floods

A search is underway for a woman believed to be missing in floodwaters in Lismore after the Wilsons River overwhelmed the regional city's levee.

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Northern NSW floods: evacuation order reissued for Lismore CBD as levee expected to be breached

A reprieve from floodwaters on Tuesday afternoon did not last, with Lismore locals waking to news the town’s levee is again set to be topped

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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

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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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Good morning, early birds. More than $11 billion would be slashed from our welfare spending in the next four years if the Coalition wins the election, and residents in parts of Lismore were ordered to evacuate last night amid a life-threatening flash flooding risk on the north coast. It’s the…

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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