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Australians have been warned that the drenching of the east coast could continue for another month if not longer as NSW towns are flooded twice in a only few weeks.
There are grave fears for a woman believed to be missing in floodwaters in Lismore, after the regional city had its levee breached for the second time in weeks.
A before and after photo uploaded to Facebook on Wednesday shows the devastating impact floods have had in north-eastern NSW in just a four week period.
Residents in Northern NSW are enduring floods for the second time in a matter of weeks as more than 400mm of rain was dumped in 24 hours across the region.