Evacuation orders are in place for the majority of residents in the northern New South Wales (NSW) town of Lismore for the second time in a month, after heavy to intense rainfall on Tuesday and overnight led to flash flooding, with roads inundated. Residents in the north and south Lismore had already been asked to evacuate on Tuesday, but as of Wednesday morning, those in the CBD, Lismore Basin, and low lying areas of east Lismore were also told to up and leave before the expected overtopping of the Wilson River and further road closures. As predicted, the Wilson River levee height of 10.65 metres was exceeded at around 9.30 a.m., and a State Emergency Service (SES) spokesperson confirmed that floodwater is now entering the Lismore CBD. This comes just a month after the town and many other parts of northeast NSW and southeast Queensland were hit by the worst …
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