Washed away: a struggle to make sense of the largest flood in modern Australian history

Eighteen months later the trauma of the new 'normal' endures in Lismore and across NSW's northern rivers regionGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe rain battering our roof came in violent waves, reaching crescendos that seemed impossible to exceed, only to ramp up further and further throughout the night.Messages between friends and neighbours filled my phone on 28 January 2022. Something terrible had happened. My family and our home, on a hill and a safe distance from any waterways, was out of harm's way. Thousands of others in the northern rivers region of New South Wales were not. Their lives and their communities had changed forever. Continue reading...