Tag: australian flooding 2022

Victims of Lismore Floods Still Waiting for Government Promised Land Buy Backs

Almost a year on from the deadly Lismore floods, the community is still waiting for a single at-risk home to be acquired through a government repair package. Record-breaking flooding devastated the NSW Northern Rivers in February and March last year, killing five people and destroying 4000 homes. The unprecedented devastation led to a $520 million (US$359…


New Year To Start with Weather Warnings in Australia

Some residents across four Australian states will spend the final day of the year on high alert, with heavy rainfall tipped to create dangerous flood conditions. Residents of low-lying areas of Menindee in far west New South Wales (NSW) near Broken Hill were urged to evacuate on Friday ahead of a flood peak expected to…


‘Unbelievable’ Flood Rips up Australia Town

Dozens of people have been rescued from their roofs as an “unbelievable” deluge flooded a small New South Wales town, and powerful storms lashed much of the central west. “This is a very serious situation,” Emergency Services Minister Steph Cooke said on Monday. “The entire central west of NSW has been hit very hard in…