Evacuation orders have been issued for towns across the NSW Northern Rivers region, with flash flooding expected as heavy rainfall continues for the second time this month.One of the wettest summers on record has continued into autumn, with heavy rain forcing a new evacuation order for Lismore in northern NSW amid"Everything's falling apart in Lismore at the moment," the city's Mayor Steve Krieg told the Nine Network on Wednesday morning.
The worst could be yet to come, with further river rises at Lismore still possible on Wednesday afternoon. Byron, the owner of a petrol station in Murwillumbah, said his business had been flooded in the most recent catastrophic event in the Northern Rivers.Dan Peled /Getty ImagesThe recent floods had broken the business' petrol pumps, ovens and fridges which had all since been replaced.
Six evacuation orders are in place across NSW for areas including the Lismore CBD, Lismore Basin, low-lying areas of East Lismore, North Lismore and Girards Hill, Riverside Caravan Park Coraki, Tumbulgum, low-lying parts of Kyogle, parts of South Lismore, and Bellinger River Tourist Park on the north coast.
Surely they knew the risks of flooding before they moved there? Hopefully they will relocate? homeiswheretheheartis StaySafe
MiaCamp40513113 Our PM doesn't give a rat's about flood victims. He's the biggest threat to Australias humanity and Australia's National Security.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, omg, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Get over it you loser. Its literally just water!
The town needs to be uprooted and placed somewhere else. Unfortunately it’s just on a hiding to nothing geographically.
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