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Premium Content Subscriber only As heavy rain continues to saturate the Northern Rivers, it s timely that the State Emergency Service launched its latest safety campaign which identified five region towns as high risk. Earlier this month the SES launched the campaign, Floods, the Risk is Real. NSW SES Superintendent Mark Elm said the region was no stranger to floods and the campaign included videos, online information and videos. NSW SES have targeted the campaign on five high flood risk areas in the Northern Rivers which include the towns and villages of: Tweed Heads, Murwillumbah, Byron Shire, Lismore and Grafton, he said. ....
Premium Content Subscriber only There is no Australian pastime quite like having a dip in the pool, but a lack of precaution can see a pool become a dangerous place. Drowning is the greatest cause of accidental death for children under five in Australia. Each week, on average, one child drowns, many in their own backyards. Research by CHOICE found more than half of Australian pool fences tested did not meet the Australian safety standards for pool fencing. We know swimming is a favourite pastime for Aussies, but sadly, we also know toddlers are most at risk of drowning, particularly in backyards, John O Brien, CEO and founder of Poolwerx, said. ....
Premium Content Subscriber only Records tumbled and rain flowed across the Northern Rivers with several local areas recording their wettest December ever in over 100 years of record keeping. December rainfall was the fourth highest on record for December for Australia as a whole but Tweed Heads led the way across the country for December rainfall. Tweed Heads Golf Club s old rainfall record of 487.2mm set in 1955 was washed away and replaced by the 558mm they received in 2020. Nimbin Post Office s previous record in 98 years of record keeping of 497.2 in 1970 was easily bettered 546.9mm they received last December. Nimbin s other weather station, Goolmangar Creek, also set a record after receiving 604mm which surpassed the past record 381mm in 2010 ....