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NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet admits emergency flood response fell short and promises review

Dominic Perrottet says the government must learn from mistakes made in the flood response, while a Northern Rivers MP takes aim at the Bureau of Meteorology for inaccurate forecasts.

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Qantas and Virgin open airport lounges to SES volunteers travelling to flood-affected areas

Qantas and Virgin Australia are providing free airport lounge access to SES volunteers who travel to flood-affected areas.

The New Daily

Fears for Indigenous community of NSW island as anger rises about government’s flood response

Cabbage Tree Island school principal worried students won’t be able to return for months because of flood damage

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‘A faint call for help’: remarkable stories emerge from NSW flood rescues

As flooding recedes after days of destruction, the extraordinary efforts of locals and emergency crews are being revealed

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Sydney spared worst of rain but Newcastle still under threat – as it happened

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30 new flood evacuation orders overnight

250 NSW schools are closed as rivers continue to rise around Sydney, the Illawarra and South Coast.

The Canberra Times

NSW, Queensland floods live updates: Severe weather warnings cancelled as flood clean-up continues

Catch up on the news about flooding in NSW and Queensland from March 3 with a look back at our blog.

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Sydney weather warning cancelled as rain moves towards the Hunter

Severe weather warnings for Sydney, the Illawarra and Central Tablelands are lifted but the State Emergency Service says flood-affected areas are not out of the woods yet, while the Hunter region can expect more storms tonight.

ABC News

'Get out now' as floods threaten Sydney

Residents in western Sydney who were faced with floods this time last year are being told to leave now ahead of more flooding.

AAP

NSW flood toll rises, amid first Sydney evacuation orders

Two more people have been confirmed dead in the flood crisis engulfing NSW, as greater Sydney braces for its own "life-threatening" deluge.

The New Daily

Evacuation orders for several Sydney suburbs as city's rivers flood

Flood evacuation orders are issued for several areas in Western Sydney as heavy rain pelts NSW and the city faces a "tough night".

ABC News

Ballina flood: thousands of homes impacted with ‘peak to continue for a number of hours’

Mayor of northern NSW town calls for help, saying water ‘is still coming full force towards us’

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NSW death toll rises to five; more ‘high impact’ storms forecast for Queensland – as it happened

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NSW, Queensland floods live updates: Residents of several Sydney suburbs ordered to evacuate by SES

People in suburbs stretching across Sydney's north and south west have been ordered to evacuate as the flood-crisis in New South Wales worsens.

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NSW's severe weather hits Sydney; fourth death confirmed in Lismore

Northern NSW mourns the loss of beloved locals who perished in the region's flood crisis — and, there could be more tragedy to come as the state faces another bout of severe weather.

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Lismore counts the devastation as Ballina braces for its worst flood in history

As rescuers continue to search for those missing in Lismore, Ballina is preparing for a one-in-500-year flood event

ABC News

First death of NSW flood crisis confirmed as woman's body found in flooded Lismore home, Ballina Hospital evacuated

The body of an elderly woman is found inside a flooded home at Lismore, as the flood emergency gripping northern NSW continues.

The Canberra Times

Queanbeyan SES hand out sandbags in preparation for flash flooding

A flood watch means that people living or working along rivers and streams must monitor the latest weather forecasts and warnings and be ready to move to higher ground.

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Ballina flood: residents of NSW coastal town face tense night as flood peak expected to coincide with high tide

Hospital evacuated as flood waters from the Wilsons River and the Richmond River catchments are expected to reach Ballina on Tuesday night

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Death toll rises to 10 as bodies found in Lismore and Glen Esk – as it happened

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How Lismore locals became flood rescue heroes when emergency services were swamped

As screams for help rang out from the rooftops of Lismore yesterday, Vincent Marychurch and Jeff Harris got to work, helping rescue dozens of people who had been trapped for hours amid the NSW city's record-breaking floods.

ABC News

Flood rescues in northern NSW resume as rain expected to move south, Ballina on flood alert

Up to 50 people have been rescued after they were stuck on a bridge in northern NSW overnight, as thousands more homes are predicted to go under in the record-breaking flood event.

The New Daily

Qld death toll rises as ‘entirely unprecedented’ flooding causes crisis in NSW

Thousands of people have been ordered to leave their homes in northern NSW – with stark warnings that the flood disaster is about to get much worse.

ABC News

Lismore's floods see families cling to floating furniture in bid to save themselves

By the time Jessica Rankin woke up to the sound of sirens, the water was already at her front door — her family is clinging to floating furniture while they wait, and wait, to be rescued.

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Lismore flood emergency sees people stranded on roofs, evacuation warning issued for entire NSW Northern Rivers

NSW's Emergency Services Minister says the state's Northern Rivers region is being hit by a "natural disaster of unprecedented proportions" as flood levels hit a new record.

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