Jul 22, 2026 – 5.00amLocated in one of the most flooded regions in Australia, Lismore squared up to climate change’s realities in 2022 when its highest-ever flood reached 14.4 metres. Then, in early 2025, the northern NSW city stared down ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred’s torrential rain, which further battered residents and businesses.These are just a few of the floods the city has dealt with. Many residents still talk about 1974, and Lismore knows how to recover. Eighteen months after Alfred, the town is back in business, an example of how weather-beaten regions can rise.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
No more homes in flood zones: Clean, dry Lismore ‘open for business’
Building cheap homes in dangerous locations is a false economy that this flood-prone northern NSW town says it has put behind it.
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