Wild weather and flooding moves into NSW

Mark Ludlow, Tess Bennett and Liam Walsh

Feb 28, 2022 – 6.47pm

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Widespread flooding that devastated south-east Queensland on Sunday has swept into northern NSW, inundating homes and businesses and forcing some residents onto their roofs to be rescued.

As Brisbane residents began the clean-up job as the Brisbane River peaked at 3.8 metres on Monday morning, the “rain bomb” moved south, and the NSW Premier warned the catastrophic flooding could get worse.

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

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

Liam Walsh writes on investigations and companies with The Australian Financial Review. He has won multiple media awards, worked in Japan and is now based in Brisbane.