‘We can’t make plans to move forward’: Northern River residents brace themselves for months of recovery

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‘We can’t make plans to move forward’: Northern River residents brace themselves for months of recovery | Laura_R_Chung LucyCormack sarah_keoghan

Sandy Graham has grown up in flood zones her entire life, but she has never seen anything like the devastation of the past month.

“We are just in no-mans land. We can’t make plans to move forward,” she said. “In the meantime, I am trying to keep things as normal as possible for the family.” While rains have eased across the state, authorities are warning river systems will remain full over the coming days.“I have to rebuild a whole home and its contents... Sometimes the thought of it takes my breath away,” she said.

“I don’t know whether that was as a result of faulty gauges or incorrect information that was handed to the SES. But we can’t have this situation repeated,” he said.Natalie Grono Acting Commissioner Austin said while they had received increased funding in recent years, they would never say no to more.

 

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