The Latest Breaking News from Lismore

Hundreds of people remain unaccounted for and a woman's body has been found in a flooded home amid devastating scenes in NSW.

As many people in Lismore scrambled on to theirs roofs to avoid flood waters, Fay and Bruce Ross climbed in to theirs. They thought it would be safe, but they were wrong.

As screams for help rang out from the rooftops of Lismore yesterday, Vincent Marychurch and Jeff Harris got to work, helping rescue dozens of people who had been trapped for hours amid the NSW city's record-breaking floods.

Up to 50 people have been rescued after they were stuck on a bridge in northern NSW overnight, as thousands more homes are predicted to go under in the record-breaking flood event.

More severe weather is expected to hammer the NSW coast as thousands of people are evacuated from the state's north after catastrophic flooding.

Insurance Council of Australia says 15,000 claims already lodged and calls for governments to do more to protect communities

The people of Lismore and Kyogle banded together to rescue neighbours and save homes, in a region still recovering from the pandemic

Tens of thousands of Australians were ordered to flee their homes Monday, as torrential rain sent floodwaters to record levels, leaving residents stranded on the rooftops of their homes. Eight people have died, and the country's weather bureau has warned further severe thunderstorms and intense rainfall will cause "life-threatening flash…

Queensland emergency services warned life-threatening flash flooding was occurring in parts of Gold Coast