NRMA Insurance data found that Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region were hit hardest,accounting for half of all wild weather claims in the state.
Thousands of people in the Northern Rivers will miss out on a $700 million program set up to help them escape the disaster zone or make their homes safer.
When an accommodation provider tried to help a flood victim in northern NSW,she was shocked by the obstacles.
When their farm was engulfed with floodwaters Michelle Bryant and her son Jacob didn’t think they would be exhibiting their cattle at this year’s Easter Show.
The deaths have most likely been caused by low oxygen levels as floods recede,a situation made worse by fish needing more oxygen because of the warmer weather.
Tired of waiting,Lismore homeowners took matters into their own hands and sold up. Now new owners are not eligible for the scheme designed to save lives.
Meet the people with dreams to make a mark in the world. Only,they chose Lismore to do it.
The flood that destroyed much of Lismore has exposed a historic failure of government at all levels which made the disaster a near certainty.
A year after Lismore was devastated,we revisit its people and businesses as they chart a way forward - or out.
Some of Lismore’s flood survivors have charted a way out. Some are still cooking on camp stoves in homes without walls. These are their stories.
One year on from a record-breaking disaster that killed four people and left thousands homeless,little has been done to fix the Northern Rivers flood warning system.