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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
Big wave spectators almost get washed off the Brunswick Heads rockwall as massive swell and destructive winds hammer the NSW North East as Cyclone Alfred gets closer.

Daredevils brave wild seas as Cyclone Alfred circles toward battered coast

The storm’s overnight doubling back gifted northern NSW locals a brief reprieve, but the message is clear: the time to prepare is almost over.

  • Angus Dalton
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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
Debbie Grant and Clive Tressider wait to see what will happen with Cyclone Alfred.

Clive bought his house because of the view. Now he wonders if this is the last time he’ll enjoy it

Lismore residents are facing Tropical Cyclone Alfred with the traumas of the 2022 floods fresh in mind.

  • Angus Dalton and Daniel Lo Surdo
A severe thunderstorm on Monday.

More than 20 people rescued from floodwaters as thunderstorm lashes Sydney

The storm left Sydney’s public transport on its knees and roads inundated as more than 85 millimetres of rain fell in some parts of the city.

  • Jessica McSweeney and Riley Walter
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Flash flooding hit Molong in 2022.

After 18 months of battling, I’ve lost any faith I once had in our insurance industry

The government’s report slaps our insurance industry over the wrists without enforcing change. For flood-prone areas, that means waiting for 2022 to repeat itself.

  • Kirsty Evans
Then Premier Dominic Perrottet, the Minister for the Arts Ben Franklin and Member for Sydney Alex Greenwich pictured looking at the flood damaged artworks from Lismore art gallery that are being restored by conservators at the Registrar-General’s Building in Sydney in May 2022.

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
Lismore city centre, September 2024.

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
Flooding devastates Lismore in February 2022.

Internal documents show BoM escalated questions on climate and floods

Emails show that the Bureau of Meteorology directed staff to refer questions from journalists about floods, fires, climate change and the reef to senior management.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Nick O'Malley

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