‘I actually woke up this morning thinking this was a dream for a split second,' says Lismore resident Scotty Brizzle
Lismore residents have expressed their disbelief after their town was inundated with flood waters for a second time in a month. ‘I actually woke up this morning thinking this was a dream for a split second,’ said Scotty Brizzle in video posted to social media.
‘Talk about deja vu, huh?’ Clean-up has begun in the nearby towns of Byron Bay and Ballina after flash flooding swept through the northern rivers. Ballina mayor, Sharon Cadwallader, said it was ‘a real struggle’ for everyone in the community. ‘Just as you start to gain hope and rebuild you get knocked down again,’ she said
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