The Latest Breaking News from Lismore

Predicting the weather is notoriously a difficult task, but getting the severe weather forecast right can be even harder, according to Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Neil Bennett.

Heavy rains deluged Australia's east coast on Wednesday, submerging entire towns, while thousands of people fled their homes for the second time within weeks after fast-moving flood waters burst river banks and broke over levees. Several towns in northern New South Wales, already reeling after record floods over a month…

Lismore residents were exhausted and frustrated after the city flooded again but disjointed communication left people underprepared. 

With waters breaching the Lismore levee, the SES has had to defend cancelling an evacuation order late on Tuesday

Heavy rains deluged Australia's east coast on Wednesday, submerging entire towns, while thousands of people fled their homes for the second time within weeks after fast-moving flood waters burst river banks and broke over levees.

Lismore is flooding again with major flood warnings and evacuation orders issued this morning after the levee sirens malfunctioned.

The Wilsons River at Lismore is expected to reach a peak of about 12 metres this evening as the NSW SES says the state's flood crisis "still has a number of days to go".

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Missing woman identified as Lismore’s levee overtops for second time in a month

Residents in the NSW Northern Rivers region are being urged to take care of themselves and each other as the number of people seeking support of anxiety, trauma, and distress escalates.

Wilsons River at Lismore is tipped to reach a flood peak of 12 metres or slightly higher overnight. Fifty-five flood rescues have been conducted in the past 24 hours, and the search for a missing Nowra woman continues.