NSW must rethink its flood strategy after Lismore failures
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NSW must rethink its flood strategy after Lismore failures

Floods are likely to grow in severity as a result of climate change,so it is vital that the NSW is prepared.

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How the Lismore flood turned to tragedy
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How the Lismore flood turned to tragedy

The Bureau of Meteorology warned the SES the day before Lismore’s record-breaking flood that the risk to residents could escalate in the middle of the night,making it harder to let them know they were in danger.

  • byCatherine Naylor andHeath Gilmore
How Lismore’s worst ever flood unfolded
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How Lismore’s worst ever flood unfolded

Lismore City Council’s grant application for an improved flood warning system was rejected just days before its worst ever flood.

Lismore floods by drone
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Lismore floods by drone

The aftermath of the February and March Lismore floods. Footage by Rod Evans.

After everything was destroyed by floods,National Art School steps up for students
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After everything was destroyed by floods,National Art School steps up for students

The NAS has donated a host of art materials and workshops to the young student artists of Lismore,months after their works were destroyed by floods.

  • byLenny Ann Low
NSW premier willing to move residents from flood-prone areas of Lismore

NSW premier willing to move residents from flood-prone areas of Lismore

Dominic Perrottet says he would feel personally responsible if lives were lost in another flood in northern NSW.

  • byMegan Gorrey,Tom Rabe andHeath Gilmore
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PM really is a regular guy

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‘Missing in action’:MP’s broadside against resilience body’s flood response

‘Missing in action’:MP’s broadside against resilience body’s flood response

Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin told a parliamentary inquiry in Lismore on Tuesday that the disaster response agency was unfit for purpose. Her comments were echoed by local mayors.

  • byHeath Gilmore
‘Nobody knew quite how horrific it was going to be’

‘Nobody knew quite how horrific it was going to be’

Freelance writer and Northern Rivers resident Candida Baker talks about this year’s catastrophic flooding of Australia’s east coast.

‘I can’t stand the sound of rain’:The grief that’s united a region

‘I can’t stand the sound of rain’:The grief that’s united a region

While the catastrophic flooding on Australia’s east coast left the NSW Northern Rivers in chaos,it also bonded its residents like never before.

  • byCandida Baker
Window of opportunity to resurrect Lismore closing,banks and insurers warn

Window of opportunity to resurrect Lismore closing,banks and insurers warn

Flood-hit Lismore urgently needs the details of key actions,resources and timing for any future rebuild.

  • byHeath Gilmore