New flood mapping covering much of the Byron Shire could affect future development controls, with a major new study recommending that planning decisions be based on whichever flood source – river flooding or overland flow – produces the highest flood level.

The threat of severe weather for Urbenville, Kyogle and surrounds is now reduced, according to the SES.

Tweed Shire Council has adopted updated flood planning controls, which it says will ensure new homes and buildings in flood‑prone areas are better protected from future flooding and the increasing impacts of climate change.

Following an overwhelming community response to the sale of the first three flood-affected homes for relocation, another batch of houses will soon be put up for auction.

If there’s one thing that has come out of the recent flood and fire disasters, it’s that communities are putting energy into looking at how we can do things better in the future.

With a report released by CSIRO outlining how future flood levels can be reduced through hydrodynamic modelling, federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan (Nationals) is calling on Labor to act.

The Manning River is flooding at a level never seen before at Taree, surpassing the 1929 record of six metres early this morning and is still rising.

Northern Rivers communities and beyond were in various stages of emergency recovery and alert Monday morning as impacts of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, since downgraded to a tropical East Low, continued.

One of the the most community minded spaces in any town is the public library, but since the 2022 natural disaster, the Lismore Library has been broken.

Two recent reports have highlighted the need for ongoing community disaster recovery support in Lismore and the wider Northern Rivers region.