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Tyson says he and his mother will return to living in their car if they are evicted from the Pine Street property they are living in.

On a flood-ravaged Lismore street, ‘squatters’ take on premier

With nowhere to go, these people turned a street of condemned government-owned homes into a community. Now Chris Minns has vowed to demolish the buildings.

  • Riley Walter

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Liz McLeod, care co-ordinator at the Friends of the Koala rehabilitation centre, with Troppo, a 10-month-old joey found at the base of a tree.

Alfred knocked koalas out of trees and swept a kangaroo into a drain

Wildlife rescue groups have reported an influx of injured native fauna and are planning a search-and-rescue mission for koalas across forests in northern NSW.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
NSW Premier Chris Minns, Minister for Emergency Services Jihad Dib and Lismore MP Janelle Saffin joined nervous Lismore residents to watch the river rise at the Browns Creek pumping station earlier today.

She swam to save lives in 2022. History is repeating itself for this NSW MP

Lismore MP Janelle Saffin helped save a man as floods ravaged Lismore in 2022, but it’s her approach to politics that two premiers rave about.

  • Max Maddison
Lismore could be hit by major flooding again as a result of the tropical low.

Northern NSW towns brace for flooding as Lismore warning downgraded

Ex-tropical cyclone Alfred continues to leave its mark after the crossing the coast of South East Queensland, with more heavy rain forecast on Sunday.

  • Chris Barrett
The ex-tropical cyclone is making its way north-west at a speed of 6km/h and brings intense rainfall.

Dozens of NSW towns still in storm’s crosshairs after Alfred makes landfall

The weather bureau has warned that Sunday could bring the heaviest rainfall, heightening fears of major flooding across northern NSW.

  • Carrie Fellner, Amber Schultz and Caitlin Fitzsimmons
A rescue operation got under way after an army tanker rolled south of Lismore.

Defence vehicles crash during flood rescue efforts, injuring 13

Thirteen people have been injured after two Australian Defence Force vehicles crashed near the flood-hit town of Lismore in northern NSW.

  • Carrie Fellner
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Locals check out the flood levels in Lismore.

For days, Lismore residents have watched the dark skies. Now, they are looking at the river

The cyclone is over, but for some communities, the potential emergency has just begun.

  • Angus Dalton

Tracking Alfred: Three key maps

The latest forecast path of Alfred, danger areas, warnings, wind data and a breakdown of how cyclones are formed.

  • The Visual Stories Team
A council worker checks on the Wilsons River height at the Browns Creek pump station in Lismore on Saturday.

Emergency ‘not over’ with new flood warnings issued across NSW

Areas of Lismore are already flooded, with rising water inching closer to breaching the city’s levee as the SES calls Saturday “D-Day” for the state.

  • Amber Schultz
Jim Knight in his house at Bryon Bay waiting for Cyclone Alfred.

With gritted teeth, northern NSW locals await something they’ve never seen

Alfred is punishing those in its path with a drawn-out crawl, gorging on abnormally hot water off the coast.

  • Angus Dalton

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