How do you prepare for floods that keep coming?

Tess Bennett and Mark Ludlow

Mar 4, 2022 – 5.26pm

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Lismore resident Tom Wolff and his partner Shaya Lambrechtsen have spent the past few days helping friends clean mud from their homes before it dries.

After a week of dangerous floods in south-east Queensland and NSW, which have killed 15 people, residents in flood-prone areas are once again mopping up the mess and starting to rebuild their lives.

Tess Bennett is a technology reporter with The Australian Financial Review, based in the Brisbane newsroom. She was previously the work & careers reporter.

Mark Ludlow writes on politics, energy and infrastructure based in Brisbane.