2000 homes in northern NSW have been declared uninhabitable and will need to be demolished.
It must be awful for the owners, if you live in a flood zone you cannot get insurance against flooding.
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Poor people but has this area flooded before ?
Lismore?
| Year of Flood | Height of Flood (Metres) |
|---|---|
| June 1945 | 11.23 |
| February 1954 | 12.15 |
| February 1956 | 11.23 |
| July 1962 | 11.30 |
| May 1963 | 10.74 |
| July 1965 | 10.39 |
| March 1967 | 10.21 |
| October 1972 | 10.03 |
| March 1974 | 12.15 |
| March 1975 | 11.51 |
| February /March 1976 | 10.08 |
| March 1978 | 10.06 |
| April 1984 | 9.78 |
| March 1987 | 10.36 |
| May 1987 | 10.66 |
| April 1989 | 12.1 |
| February 2001 | 10.4 |
| June 2005 | 10.3 |
| March 2017 | 11.6 |
So many towns are built on flood plains because it is a land of âdroughts and flooding rainsâ, flood plains are flat and located conveniently close to rivers for transport.
https://lismore.nsw.gov.au/a-short-history-of-flooding-in-lismore
This quite an interesting review
But it would be a mistake to think that it is over BOM has just issued a new warning
@Bruce , Bloody hell !!
You ozzies must be thick !!
Why donât you build on stilts it you must live on a flood plain ??
Perhaps you like banging your head on a wall ??
Donkeyman! 
Sydney is having horrendous weather too.
Yes, the wise councilors, in the Reading area, have allowed houses to be built, on the Flood Plains, for years.
There have been many of them " flooded", and, I hear, un-insurable.
A flood plain was recently described as an area which can, or will, be flooded in extreme conditions.
I guess the council thinks we should build waterproof houses.
Mind you, there were a lot of Houses built up, effectively, on stilts, in Surrey!
Climate change that that people donât believe in
Alas, dear Assman, these towns were founded by the British, we know they were thick, we watched five years of Brexit.
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Mount Ousley was shut for hours yesterday (the main route between Sydney and Wollongong) because of the fear of landslips. a privately owned 450000litre dam had to be pumped out.
As for Sydney it is very wet
