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Beaches in south-east QLD and northern NSW have been washed out this week  Emergency services have ordered residents in flood-hit areas to evacuate  Weather event led to erosion at Byron Bay and at Currumbin on the Gold Coast Australias east coast will be smashed by another rain bomb, with thousands of flood-hit residents urged to evacuate ahead of the wild weather.   Holiday meccas including the Sunshine Coast, Byron Bay and the NSW north coast have been washed out by the wild weather ove...

Some of Australias most tourist-friendly beaches have been destroyed by cyclonic winds, unprecedented rain and devastating surf conditions. Just as the nation opens up following months of Covid restrictions, Australians have again been forced to reconsider their summer holiday plans.  Holiday meccas including the Sunshine Coast, Byron Bay and the New South Wales north coast have been washed out as erosion destroys coastlines and flooding tears through communities. Flood warnings remain in plac...

"Weve had very heavy rainfall falling in a very short amount of time and on some very wet catchment areas ... that has led to rapid river rises and flash flooding," Agata Imielska from the Bureau of Meteorology said. More than 500mm of rainfall has been recorded in the region across the Northern Rivers and Mid North Coast in just four days. The Wilsons River near Lismore has now peaked at 8.2m – higher than February but lower during cyclone Debbie in 2017. In Queensland, the town of Sprin...

First published on Mon 14 Dec 2020 22.16 EST Flood warnings have been issued for towns across northern New South Wales as heavy rains and abnormally high tides continue to batter a 500-kilometre stretch of coast from Taree to the border town of Tweed Heads. The Bureau of Meteorology on Tuesday afternoon issued a number of minor and moderate flood warnings for rivers stretching from the state’s mid-north to far-north coasts, including at Murwillumbah, where residents were earlier subject to a ...

An elderly couple has been rescued from floodwaters in New South Wales far north as thousands of people remain on alert. Jill and Peter Liibus had to abandon their Mercedes to the floodwaters after they dared a closed stretch of road in Tumbulgum. "The motor started to cut out, the water started coming in," Ms Liibus said. An elderly couple were rescued from floodwaters in far north NSW.(9News) Nearby man Matt Hughes saw them struggling and came to the rescue. "They were in a big panic, water w...

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