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Worst-case flooding in Lismore could reach 16.5m — so how likely is a Probable Maximum Flood?

The February flood in Lismore has been described as a disaster of "biblical proportions" but modelling shows a worst-case scenario could be as much as two metres higher.

The Wilsons River reached 14.4 metres in the northern New South Wales city, surpassing all other floods on record by more than 2m.

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