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Pictures: Inside Lismore’s devastating floods
Amazing photos from inside the flood devastation that have smashed Lismore show unprecedented heights that surprised even long-time locals.
2/59Fowler Street resident Max Walker paddles past his flood filled home on March 1, 2022, a day after Lismore was hit by a record flood. Picture: Stuart Cumming
3/59A mattress floats in flood water on March 1, 2022, a day after Lismore was hit by a record flood. Picture: Stuart Cumming
4/59Flood water fills Ewing Street on March 1, 2022, a day after Lismore was hit by a record flood. Picture: Stuart Cumming
5/59Flood water fills a shopping centre on Ballina Road on March 1, 2022, a day after Lismore was hit by a record flood. Picture: Stuart Cumming
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9/59Flood water reaches Hungry Jack's on Ballina Road on March 1, 2022, a day after Lismore was hit by a record flood. Picture: Stuart Cumming
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11/59A paddler inspects damage on March 1, 2022, a day after Lismore was hit by a record flood. Picture: Stuart Cumming
12/59Flood water fills a Kubota dealership on Conway Street on March 1, 2022, a day after Lismore was hit by a record flood. Picture: Stuart Cumming
13/59Flood water fills the Liberty service station on Ballina Road on March 1, 2022, a day after Lismore was hit by a record flood. Picture: Stuart Cumming
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15/59A rescue volunteer checks a home on Ewing Street on March 1, 2022, a day after Lismore was hit by a record flood. Picture: Stuart Cumming
16/59Flood water fills Ewing Street on March 1, 2022, a day after Lismore was hit by a record flood. Picture: Stuart Cumming
17/59Emergency services set up a makeshift base on Ballina Road on March 1, 2022, a day after Lismore was hit by a record flood. Picture: Stuart Cumming
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19/59Flood water fills a Nissan dealership on Ewing Street on March 1, 2022, a day after Lismore was hit by a record flood. Picture: Stuart Cumming
20/59Emergency services set up a makeshift base on Ballina Road on March 1, 2022, a day after Lismore was hit by a record flood. Picture: Stuart Cumming
21/59A home in Fowler Street is filled with water on March 1, 2022, a day after Lismore was hit by a record flood. Picture: Stuart Cumming
22/59Flood water fills Ewing Street on March 1, 2022, a day after Lismore was hit by a record flood. Picture: Stuart Cumming
23/59Flood water fills Ewing Street on March 1, 2022, a day after Lismore was hit by a record flood. Picture: Stuart Cumming
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25/59Flood water fills NORPA on Ballina Road on March 1, 2022, a day after Lismore was hit by a record flood. Picture: Stuart Cumming
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28/59Flood water fills Uralba Street in Lismore on March 1, 2022.
29/59SKY TV frame grabs of a live rescue from the top of a in Lismore by the defence force - a third person is pictured being airlifted to a helicopter
30/59Emergency services have faced mishap on a Lismore roof while becoming entangled on an aerial in an attempt to winch members of the public to safety. Picture: ABC News
31/59Aerial footage shows horses and more than a dozen cars stranded on Woodburn Bridge, about 34km south of flood-devastated Lismore. Picture: 9News
32/59Emergency services have faced mishap on a Lismore roof while becoming entangled on an aerial in an attempt to winch members of the public to safety. Picture: ABC News
33/59Aerial footage shows horses and more than a dozen cars stranded on Woodburn Bridge, about 34km south of flood-devastated Lismore. Images: Seven
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35/59Flood water fills Uralba Street in Lismore on March 1, 2022.
36/59Receding flood water reveals damage in Diadem Street, Lismore, on March 1, 2022.
37/59Receding flood water reveals damage in Hunter Street, Lismore, on March 1, 2022.
38/59Receding flood water reveals damage in Hunter Street, Lismore, on March 1, 2022.
39/59Lismore residents Linda Kelly (left) and her daughter Evanna Kelly put on a brave face on March 1, 2022, after both of their homes were inundated with flood water.
40/59Flood damage in Diadem Street in Lismore on March 1, 2022.
41/59Homes on Hunter Street in Lismore were still inundated with flood water on March 1, 2022.
42/59Receding flood water reveals extensive damage to a car in Hunter Street, Lismore, on March 1, 2022.
43/59Elwyn Paddison, 80, surveys flood damage to his home at the intersection of Hunter Street and McKenzie Street in Lismore on March 1, 2022.
44/59A helicopter flies over flood damage in Hunter Street in Lismore on March 1, 2022.
45/59Elwyn Paddison, 80, surveys flood damage to his home at the intersection of Hunter Street and McKenzie Street in Lismore on March 1, 2022.
46/59Flood damage on Laurel Avenue in Lismore on March 1, 2022.
47/59A cow floats among lawnmowers at Our Lady Help of Christians Primary School in South Lismore on February 28, 2022.
48/59A man looks over the side of the Ballina Street Bridge during unprecedented flooding in South Lismore on February 28, 2022.
49/59A paddle boarder rides down Cromer Street in South Lismore on February 28, 2022.
50/59A rescue boat travels down Ballina Street in South Lismore on February 28, 2022.
51/59Flood water rises in South Lismore on February 28, 2022.
52/59Flood water rises in Cromer St in South Lismore on February 28, 2022.
53/59Rescue crews drop people off at the Ballina Street Bridge in South Lismore on February 28, 2022.
54/59A rescue boat travels down Ballina Street in South Lismore on February 28, 2022.
55/59A cow floats in flood water on Cromer St in South Lismore on February 28, 2022.
56/59People trudge through flood water at the Ballina Street Bridge to meet a boat at the other end in South Lismore on February 28, 2022.
57/59A cow floats in flood water at Our Lady Help of Christians Primary School in South Lismore on February 28, 2022.
58/59A rescue boat travels down Ballina Street in South Lismore on February 28, 2022.
59/59Water fills a home in South Lismore on February 28, 2022.
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