Tag: lismore
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LISMORE’S FLOOD APPEAL REACHES $1.1M THANKS TO LATEST DONATION
As donations continue to pour into Lismore City Council’s Flood Appeal… The fundraiser surpassing 1.1 million dollars today. It’s thanks to a generous donation from the Vietnamese Buddhist Congregation. Organisation “Giv It” also received 50-thousand dollars…
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TENTERFIELD HIGH SCHOOL SPONSORS LISMORE EASTER HAT PARADE
Students from Tenterfield High School have brought cheer to the Lismore Public School community. The school supplied a coffee van and hot cross buns for a last day of term Easter Hat Parade. The egg-cellent hat creations were made at home and at school. (NO AUDIO)
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LISMORE BUSINESSES START THE CLEANUP AFTER SECOND MAJOR FLOOD BUT WORRY MORE WET WEATHER IS ON THE WAY
Five days on from their second major flood, Lismore businesses are sifting through yet another mess. But, as the Northern Rivers braces for even more wet weather, some are hesitant whether they should hold off on the clean up.
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FOUR GENERATIONS OF THE ASHCROFT FAMILY LOSE HOMES IN BOTH DISASTERS
A lot of people have lost homes in these twin disasters – including four generations of the same Northern Rivers family. With their four houses swamped, the Ashcrofts are now living in caravans, south of Lismore. Click here to donate to their gofundme page.
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LISMORE RESIDENTS BRACE FOR SECOND MAJOR FLOOD IN 4 WEEKS
Lismore residents exhausted, after floodwaters impact the town yet again with fresh evacuation orders.
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COMMUNITIES BRACE FOR WILD WEATHER AS WOODBURN PUBLIC SCHOOL REOPENS
Communities brace for more dangerous wet weather as Woodburn Public School reopens to students after the flood disaster.
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LISMORE AGAIN INUNDATED BY DEVASTATING FLOODWATERS
A search is continuing tonight for a woman missing in floodwater south of the city, near Whyrallah Road… While evacuation orders remain in place for several parts of Lismore, as we wait for the Wilsons River to peak. And towns along the Richmond River, like Coraki and Bungawalbin, are experiencing major flooding… in another long…
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SCHOOL STAFFING LEVELS WILL REMAIN THE SAME FOLLOWING FLOODS
Staffing levels will remain the same at schools in flood damaged communities in the Northern Rivers. 33 schools are now eligible for Disaster Supplementation for the remainder of the year. The state government says temporary enrolment fluctuations these schools won’t affect teaching and support staffing entitlements.
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LISMORE’S TOWN COMES TOGETHER ON A PLAN TO REBUILD WHILE THE CLEAN UP CONTINUES IN BROADWATER
Almost two weeks on from Lismore’s catastrophic flooding event, the town has come together. As the community works on a plan to rebuild, in Broadwater, the clean up continues.
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ESSENTIAL SERVICES SLOWLY RETURNING TO LISMORE
and essential services like health care and farmers markets are slowly being restored in Lismore, two weeks after the devastating flood swallowed the CBD. While the recovery effort is far from over, the community has been working non-stop to get some normality back.