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A the rain started pouring, the calls for help came in, first by the dozen, then in the hundreds.
By the time the December weather event which flooded the Northern Rivers was over, the local State Emergency Service had attended numerous jobs, from leaking roofs, removing fallen trees across properties and roads, conducting flood rescues to helping evacuate a preschool and ensuring paramedics could reach those needing emergency medical resources.
SES Northern Rivers Deputy Zone Commander, Superintendent Mark Elm confirmed that in
Tweed Heads they received 262 requests for assistance and 252 in the Lismore area.
Supt Elm said he is extremely proud of all of his SES unit members who were out at all times of the say and night, in all kinds of heavy weather to help their community.