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Subscriber only Residents and visitors to the region should be vigilant as the Bureau of Meteorology has issued an alert for severe thunderstorms, including heavy rainfall and the subsequent risk of flash flooding on the Northern Rivers On Monday January 18, 2021, BOM Meteorologist, Melody Sturm, said the far north east of NSW continues to be exposed to the risk of heavy rain. There s a chance of severe thunderstorms and heavy rain all over the Northern Rivers area, she said. If they do get severe thunderstorms and heavy rain, there will also be damaging wind gusts and large hail and then flash flooding is also a big threat.
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PEOPLE driving around Lismore to take a gander at rising floodwaters and closed roads have been criticised by emergency services workers.
On Tuesday afternoon the NSW State Emergency Service Lismore City Unit posted on social media that flood tourists should go home and stay there.
“If you are driving around Lismore to ‘take a look’ at the floodwaters, stop it and go home,” the post said.
“The situation changed rapidly overnight and we now have businesses and families trying to move stock and belongings (and) they should not have to be doing a slow crawl across Fawcetts Bridge (which links the Woodlark and Molesworth Streets intersection with Bridge St) simply because you are curious.