Lismore
Northern NSW hunkers down as Cyclone Alfred inches closer
Supermarkets, health clinics, transport, schools and roads have all been impacted by Cyclone Alfred. Here’s what you need to know.
- Kayla Olaya
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Tracking Cyclone Alfred: Three maps that show storm’s path, impact and severity
The latest forecast path of Alfred, danger areas, warnings, high-res satellite footage and a breakdown of how cyclones are formed.
- The Visual Stories Team
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Alfred to slow and lessen in severity, but window of destruction remains open
Cyclone Alfred may be downgraded to a category 1 storm by the time it makes landfall early on Saturday morning – about 24 hours later than first expected.
- Riley Walter and Amber Schultz
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‘Three natural disaster events in one’: Northern NSW braces for Cyclone Alfred
Evacuation centres have been set up, flights cancelled and schools closed as the category 2 storm moves towards land.
- Riley Walter and Kayla Olaya
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Panic buying, giant waves as Cyclone Alfred barrels towards coast
The oncoming cyclone sparked panic buying on both sides of the border, while surfers made the most of the storm swell at popular beaches on the Gold Coast and at Byron Bay.
- Riley Walter
When a cyclone hits this far south, history shows flooding is the biggest risk
From Brisbane to Coffs Harbour, the worst damage could come if Alfred becomes an ex-tropical cyclone – a huge, slow-moving storm system that causes widespread flooding.
- Mike Foley
Why taxpayers should buy back houses most at risk of natural disaster
Some home owners who live in high-risk areas need to move, but it’s a politically difficult conversation, a new report warns.
- Elizabeth Redman
The booming NSW tree-change town where you can buy a $600,000 house
It was devastated by natural disaster in 2022 but has been recovering as homes have been renovated to a higher level.
- Sue Williams
New theatre HQ and gallery set to put Lismore back on the arts map
A former joinery factory is set to become the centrepiece of an arts-led regeneration of flood-ravaged Lismore.
- Heath Gilmore
How Australia’s ‘flood capital’ is rebuilding, two years on
Hundreds of millions of dollars are pouring into NSW’s “grand dame” of the Northern Rivers. Leading community figures say local people, not insurers, should shape their city’s future.
- Heath Gilmore
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