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Wauchope hit by flash flooding, man dies near Grafton as NSW faces more severe weather

Streets in Wauchope are swamped by about 1 metre of water in another day of severe weather. And a 72-year-old man who died in floodwaters is being remembered as a Vietnam veteran who loved to help.

ABC News · Mar 24, 2022

Northern NSW to cop more days of rain

Weeks after floods devastated parts of NSW days of rain are predicted to hit communities in the north where people are struggling with a massive clean-up.

AAP · Mar 23, 2022

Telstra defends NSW flood response, saying lengthy outages unavoidable

Chief executive says if infrastructure is damaged by floods ‘there’s nothing that we can do about that in the short term’

The Guardian - AU · Mar 23, 2022

PM says further assistance coming as ‘rain bomb’ set to cost Queensland billions – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Mar 6, 2022

Why it could rain for months on Australia's east coast

When will it stop raining? As torrential downpours, storm warnings and deadly flooding devastate Australia's east coast, it's a good question — and the answer is not what exhausted communities will want to hear.

ABC News · Mar 4, 2022

Sydney spared worst of rain but Newcastle still under threat – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Mar 2, 2022

NSW death toll rises to five; more ‘high impact’ storms forecast for Queensland – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Mar 1, 2022

What caused the ‘rain bomb’? How the unprecedented Queensland and NSW 2022 floods unfolded

The damage was much worse than predicted. So how did it come about, and how does it compare to the 2011 Brisbane disaster?

The Guardian - AU · Feb 28, 2022

Death toll rises to 10 as bodies found in Lismore and Glen Esk – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Feb 28, 2022

Major flood warning issued for Brisbane after ‘rain bomb’ unleashes havoc on south-east Queensland and northern NSW

Seventh person dies, with two more missing, and major flood warnings issued for Brisbane, Ipswich, Lismore and Grafton

The Guardian - AU · Feb 27, 2022