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The rain event that flooded Lismore collapsed landscapes.
It shattered hillsides. Roads broke apart and fell down valleys.
Hillsides fell on houses.
This thread gives a glimpse of the cost of inaction on #ClimateDisruption
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It shattered hillsides. Roads broke apart and fell down valleys.
Hillsides fell on houses.
This thread gives a glimpse of the cost of inaction on #ClimateDisruption
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For every 1°C of #GlobalWarming, the atmosphere holds an additional 7% water vapour. The extra heat (energy) means more extreme events.
On Tuntable Creek Rd, a neighbour measured 810mm. That’s 32 inches.
This is our road.
#nswpol #auspol
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On Tuntable Creek Rd, a neighbour measured 810mm. That’s 32 inches.
This is our road.
#nswpol #auspol
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These impacts are across the whole Northern Rivers.
This is a landscape collapse event.
The word ‘flood’ does not describe what happened here.
Images in this thread were captured by many people & shared on social media
#nswpol #auspol #LismoreFloods
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This is a landscape collapse event.
The word ‘flood’ does not describe what happened here.
Images in this thread were captured by many people & shared on social media
#nswpol #auspol #LismoreFloods
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For those not realising how severely Lismore has been impacted, amongst houses and shops that went under, also police station, fire station, centrelink, disability services, op shops such as St Vincent's, Lifeline etc, all went under water. Looting is rife and many ...
For those not realising how severely Lismore has been impacted, amongst houses and shops that went under, also police station, fire station, centrelink, disability services, op shops such as St Vincent's, Lifeline etc, all went under water. Looting is rife and many ...
cars and homes that survived the floods are now being subjected to break ins. Have heard various reports of vehicles having windows smashed in by bricks or tearing off their mirrors to smash to look for change. My daughters last pair of shoes was stolen from the back door.
Lismore is a regional city and centre for the Northern Rivers and we're suffering in many ways.
This #iwd I’d like to shout out my mum, who lives on the GC, has spent three days delivering hot food and supplies to the northern rivers, & who plans on going back tomorrow. With permission these are some of her observations from being down in #Lismore, Murwillumbah & Coraki a🧵
2/ “We delivered this and more food yesterday. The green portable Bain marie is on loan and keeps food warm for 8 hours. 3 people cried yesterday and so many said they only realised yesterday they do need help and the gesture of feeding them a hot cooked meal meant so much.
3/ Last night some friend drove 2 hrs to my place and helped prep food til 2 am. I'm so tired I just woke up and I know I'll go in the kitchen and everything will be cooked or cooking ready to go to coraki. I think I'll sleep more while they drive down. 3 large 4wds full of
*Trigger warning*
I'm reading stories from the #LismoreFloods. Two-story homes underwater. People screaming, trapped inside their roofs. Seniors drowned inside their homes. I'm crying, and I'm worried for friends and family that live in Lismore. This is a catastrophic flood.
I'm reading stories from the #LismoreFloods. Two-story homes underwater. People screaming, trapped inside their roofs. Seniors drowned inside their homes. I'm crying, and I'm worried for friends and family that live in Lismore. This is a catastrophic flood.
It's a flood so high that they're calling it a "Once in 1000 yr flood." But this was predicted. Climate change will increase the frequency and severity of extreme rain and floods. This flood is a clear failure of global leadership to treat the #ClimateCrisis as an emergency.
Yesterday, while Brisbane and Lismore were underwater and people were fleeing for their lives, our elected MLAs in BC were arguing about which party (@bcndp vs @bcliberals) were more supportive of fracked LNG exports.
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