May, 2009

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North Coast and Lismore flooding

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Yes – certainly the most widespread flooding event in quite some time. About an 800km stretch of East Coast was affected. In some of the pics you will see caravans caught in the flood waters – this is in the most flood prone part of Lismore but there is some ongoing argument about why the residents were not evacuated in time.

For those interested in all the floods which have hit Lismore – which is probably the most flood-prone city in the country – have a look at this report:

Lismore Flood Pictures and Wilsons River Flood Height Information / Richmond River Flood Plain

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NSW Floods Queensland Flooding and damage

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

Those images you have show how spectacular and messy the flooding was – certainly a huge damage bill. What is amazing about this even was the widespread nature of the major floods across southeast Queensland and North East NSW region. Certainly the most significant flood event in years for that part fo the world. And what about the Coffs Harbour and Bellingen region – 3 floods in one year! And it si only May!

Jimmy

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NSW North Coast Floods – Lismore Flood Pictures

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

Things are slowly returning to normal after major flooding throughout the North Coast the past few days.

The worst locally for me was on Thursday night when wild winds and torrential rain hit – on top of 150mm of rain received the previous 24 hours. We lost power for almost 24 hours and the phone line is still dead. The amount of tree debris from the low pressure systems was amazing – certainly the most I’ve seen around here.

I took some photos on the 21 and 22 May 2009 – in and around Lismore – where the flood levee once again protected most of the CBD from inundation. Another hour of heavy rain on that Thursday night and it would have over-topped.

Lismore floods

Lismore floods

Lismore floods

Lismore floods

all photos available here:

Thursday 21 May flood pictures

Friday 22 May flood pictures

Looks like GFS forecast the rainfall extremely well !

MB

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