Floods are likely to grow in severity as a result of climate change,so it is vital that the NSW is prepared.
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.
Lismore City Council’s grant application for an improved flood warning system was rejected just days before its worst ever flood.
The aftermath of the February and March Lismore floods. Footage by Rod Evans.
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.
Dominic Perrottet says he would feel personally responsible if lives were lost in another flood in northern NSW.
While tennis coverage fails to box clever.
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.
Freelance writer and Northern Rivers resident Candida Baker talks about this year’s catastrophic flooding of Australia’s east coast.
While the catastrophic flooding on Australia’s east coast left the NSW Northern Rivers in chaos,it also bonded its residents like never before.
Flood-hit Lismore urgently needs the details of key actions,resources and timing for any future rebuild.