While relocating a flood-prone city such as Lismore with its population of more than 28,000 might seem impractical, smaller towns have been successfully rebuilt since the middle of the 19th century.
An urgent danger to life warning has been issued as floodwaters submerge the city of Lismore on the northern NSW coast on Monday and more rain expected for Tuesday..
They survived flash flooding a decade ago by climbing on to their roof. On Friday, Jean and Lloyd Warr found themselves huddled together on top of their ute
Brisbane received 206.2 millimetres of rainfall during the 21 hours to 6am on Saturday, the city’s highest daily rainfall total since 1974 - and Wivenhoe Dam was forced to release water overnight.