Holy cow. It took them NINE DAYS to declare a state of emergency? That's just ridiculous. That man does NOT understand their anger and frustration. The worst thing about such major flooding and devastation is that unfortunately, there is never enough help from the government, no matter where you live. I hope that there are enough neighbors helping neighbors for y'all to be able to rebuild your community. Down here in Southwest Louisiana, we know how it feels to be overlooked by your government in the face of natural disasters. Every year, we are either gutting our own homes or gutting our neighbor's homes. We're either using our boats to rescue ourselves or our neighbors nearby, which is why the "Cajun Navy" was formed (it's not really a navy, just a bunch of Cajuns with boats helping their neighbors. They organize and deploy quickly for every natural disaster from Houston, TX to Hammond, LA and beyond. I pray y'all get the funds you need to rebuild in the face of such a devastating flood.

First it burns, then it drowns. Aussie's can't catch a break...

Wow how very shocking. I'm literally stuck for words. I wish all of you that you finally receive the assistance you require.

"many argue the government's response should have been better" I think that applies to everything in Australia.

See how bad things get when the average person can’t physically get to their leader face to face? The leader stops caring the bigger the population gets and the further away the leader gets from the people. There’ll be no more Aussie jokes about how easy it is to talk to the Prime Minister. Things will only get worse.

you cant even get property mangers in australia to look after rental units. its really bad in au.

Oh, god! I have been living in Sydney for 4 years, I hope my host family are all good! God bless them, they are all nice people!

Praying for the Civilians of 🇦🇺 Australia. Animals as well. Love from 🇬🇧 England

Sadly anyone who knows Lismore knows that it has flooded regularly ever since it was first established. And it will flood again. The fact that people keep building in the Town show that they haven't learnt their lesson from the history of the place...

So sad 😞 I will pray to all good again. Live from 🇮🇳 india, westbengal.

Australia has been through the ringer last couple years, our thoughts are with you! ❤️🇨🇦

I can't imagine seeing houses underwater in my country for over a week, eating good meals and going to sleep in my warm bed, but then deciding to do something about it on the NINTH day...0_o!

Pray for Australia !

It seems Australia is getting hammered by human induced environmental disasters. Everything from ozone depletion from CFC's to severe drought and the resulting wildfires, and now, floods due probably to the effects of global warming. Back in the day, I spent 6 months bicycle touring around this wonderfully unique country and it breaks my heart to see the environment and the people suffer so.

Wow. Sorry to see this on the news. Seems that every few years we now are seeing epic disasters like this.

Tears running down my eyes when I think of little children and old mums and dads. My sympathy goes to you people, be strong and courageous.

Global warming… when will we learn?

The scale of the devastation! No words to describe my thoughts for those flood victims. I hope their govt wont stint on the help that these people need to rebuild.

this is very sad ☹😭 am just speechless 😑 i wish it never happens 😢 again

Please pray for Australia

Australia has been taking a beating from Mother Nature, & my heart & prayers go out to all affected. But Mother is well & truly angry with her human children, & we are now facing a global climate catastrophe. Right now, Madagascar & surrounding areas are reeling from multiple powerful cyclones. There's a dangerous heat wave in India. A few days ago, temps at both Poles reached relative "heat wave" status of their own. At the North Pole, temps were 50°F above normal for Mar., registering 76°F. At the South Pole, it was 70°F above avg., coming in at 6°F, which is still frigid, but it SHOULD be -63.7°F in Mar. The planet cycles to & fro between hot & cold naturally; but THIS time, homo sapiens sapiens has replaced a good deal of "natural" with "man-made". Our efforts to mitigate the damage will slow the change down, but many scientists believe it's already past the point of no return. The polar ice caps, & glaciers the world over, are melting more & more rapidly. Low-lying INHABITED oceanic islands all over the globe are being permanently inundated, forcing entire populations to become climate refugees. Governments & political entities MUST take concrete action NOW to address this crisis, because it's happening NOW. It's no longer a "sometime in the future" event - it is upon us. Our differences with each other must be put aside, for the survival of the human race. Mother Nature has NO qualms at all about sending our species the way of the dinosaurs. She's done it to BILLIONS of others.

NINE DAYS??? You still need to read the room if your own people DIED on the first day!! oh man...

So sad the people lost, Hope everyone stay safe.

Flooding is bad in any country. But i do feel for my Brothers and Sisters of Australia hopefully you will get help very soon. UK.

My prayers go out to all of you.

Many flood happen in all over the world, Malaysia recently also experienced the worst flood in Klang Valley.. so many vehicles were submerged and damage.

Hope those Australians affected by the flooding will be safe. Bless all of you ❤️❤️❤️

Philippines knows the feeling of being submerge.. we've been taking storm hit for a decade so when there flush floods it's just another day at the river and come back stronger after evacuation. Stay strong land down under from PH🇵🇭

May God protect all people in Australia and recovery them soon to normal life from the flood..... Long live Australia🇦🇺........ Lots of love from India🇮🇳........ God bless you Australia🇦🇺.

Shocking floods! 😳 Hope you all can rebuild your lives 🤞❤️

My prayers 🙏 goes out to all Families in Lismore who have been hit by flood this year 🙏 😢 🙌 ❤

Ex Lismore resident,.. fantastic, alternative town.this news report was more thorough than any we've had here in Australia

Export more coal and forget about climate change,we have to only think about making money

The Australian Government is more concerned about appeasing foreign countries than it is helping its own citizens during a natural diaster. Every disaster, the Government authorities are nowhere to be seen.

From Sydney, appreciate this coverage, thanks Beeb.

Stay safe, Australians ☹ Hugs from the Philippines.

Politicians all over the world are separate from the people, just terrible. A police line? Way to show confidence and strength or unity. But people have to save the Earth from corporate interest. I'm working to get off grid, I encourage everyone who can do so to do the same. Expecting politicians to do anything other than fill their pockets is unrealistic unfortunately. Break away from the financial system as much as possible and help your community members, we live in a time of isolation. Be a rebel and build a strong group of neighbors. Prepare for disaster, stick up for those who get singled out. God bless you who were affected by this, thank you to the civilians going out to rescue people.

It's so easy for politicians to say "raw raw raw sis boom baw," but it's the people who suffer this, who do the work and build back better while politicians take credit. Fkrs. Stay strong my Aussie friends. We really know why the law is there and who it truly protects. And we also know the money comes from taxpayers.

I pray for them for speedy recovery.. 🙏🌷

Pray for Australia.

If the waters reached those heights already, it will happen again. Move to safety, even if you're doing it at a loss. Your life is worth more than the sunk cost in your damaged property.

There's no way to prevent such tragedies anymore, we've ruined the world and brought this on ourselves. SO sorry!

Should be help to all Government of Australia in Flood.

Wow, I hope they get a relief from the flooding, and find the help they need from the flooding.

not really sure you can blame the government if the rain is excessive, the current trend in government is very commercially minded there a little additional investment in infrastructure. Planning and reshaping the land to cope would often be seen as waste of resources. No doubt it will getting a lot of attention now. Stay strong Australia will get through this

The government were really poor. But, let's look at why lismore is being flooded so badly. IT'S ON A FLOOD PLAIN ! Scientifically building, buying or renting on a flood plain significantly increases the chances of being flooded. Take your own precautions. Live elsewhere, build a defence, live on a small hill or stilts or have a garage on the ground floor to minimise damage.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to you !!! Your government

i woke up at 5am with water coming up into the house in a street that only get a few feet normally, thank God for our neighbours that rescued us.

Prayers going out to all of the victims.

He hasn’t understood a thing ever since he took a Hawaiian holiday with the family while the country burned in 2019/2020.

So sorry 🙁

🥺😔 Hopefully the government will act quickly. Because it's been very, very worrying. Best wishes to them and Australia.

I feel you guys as a Aussie it pains me to see this I can’t imagine I live in Wollongong so we got a bit of flooding but not this bad I hope the government really supports you guys

LESSON TO LEARN: DO NOT RELY ON YOUR LEADERS/GOVERNMENTS

14.11m is over 46 feet of water that's absolutely insane.

Remember the forest fire? it was unprofessionally done as well. The system is just not responsive enough.

Planning permission and poor thought out intentions/choice on where to build....that is all.....AND nothing else! Global issue now becoming evident!

Instead of buying weapons from US to send to Ukraine Help these poor people in Sydny 😭😭

Omg! God bless you all friends 🇹🇭🇳🇿🇦🇺

we were flooded twice in one month and are struggling here in northern nsw Australia and so many are displaced by the floods and have less than no accommodation

It makes me so incredibly sad that after the devastating bush fires last year, my paradise Australia is already having to fight the next catastrophe... i pray for australia BECAUSE I AM A GERMAN AUSTRALIAN

Will Morrison go for holiday again?

Australia has been rejecting these people for centuries. Get out!

My ❤ to these people

And then the announcement..... Help will be offered but ONLY FOR THE JABBED

This is what an incompetent goverment looks like

I wonder where scott will go on holiday to avoid this again

As a Aussie idk how much longer our country has got left this summer was freezing and flooding it was like that for 2 years now before was the fires and before that was a drought what is next

I remember how Aussies reacted on Chinese floods by saying it was Karma. Hopefully they understand the meaning of that word now.

Crikey. Thank you for your contribution to the climate crisis.

Wildfires one year, floods the next. Wow

I feel very sad as I been in such flood n cn imagine how bad u all face at such flooding stay safe b strong

It seems the town is build on a floodplane. Periodic flooding has always been part of life on the Richmond River. There were three floods on the Richmond in 1861. Then, in 1863, Casino took the brunt of the flooding, with Lismore again being inundated in 1864. The 1870s and 1880s saw more flooding, especially in 1889. In 1893 there was a major disaster when the river peaked at 29'3" (8.92m), started to fall, and then rose rapidly again to 34'3" (10.44m). So blame it on climate change.

Climate cycle in action!

I'm very surprised that despite the large scale of the flooding "just" 22 people died. Every death is one too much, but I hope that the number stays that low.

I was in East Lismore when the flood hit. My dog & I escaped through second floor window into civilian boat. That was a month ago. The levee just broke again last night and the town is flooding again. ☠️

Why is Australia being attacked with floods like this!? I have a couple of theories.....One being disgustingly nefarious.

We are broke all the money is in war apparently

OMG..sad 😢 to see this ..WE ARE FROM SINGAPORE PRAY FOR AUSTRALIA ..

Yeah... it's never flooded in Lismore before.. In 1896 the flood level was 10 meters higher than this flood.. This is life..

Australian PM: ''Don't ask what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for Israel''

Please don't blame Russia for the floods 😭

Lismore was my home for most of my life, I don't know how or where the town will go from this... its just the worst. so many of my friends have lost everything

Same happened in SA Durban kzn a week ago, so much destroyed in one of our most beaitiful cities, devastating

when are election in this country

Slawa Ukraine!!!🇺🇦❤️🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦❤️🇺🇦

Wow so much flooded Coz the rainning a lot ! Hope everyone be safe!

I wish you mentioned what part of Australia it is in. I hope people will get help!!

Global warming😭

It's not up to the government to save people. It's up to all of us to educate ourselves about climate change and do EVERYTHING NEEDED to stop the damage. I've seen no changes in my area of life. People refuse to give up their addictions to what they are use to enjoying. In fact all of the climate change influencers were mocked and hated. Well guess what. They were right. Now we are ALL in big trouble and it will only get worse. There comes a for price to not paying attention.

Praying for the Australian people

God bless people there

Biden should send NATO troops there to help them.

Not making light of a horrible situation, but it seems that all the prayers for rain during the horrific fires in Australia are now being answered.

It sucks the government didn’t do better but there literally isn’t ever going to be enough emergency responders to help everyone. People need to be better prepared to look after themselves. There are also going to be times we can’t ever be fully prepared for. The disasters are everywhere. My town in Canada was cut off from the rest of the world for some time.

Why does it take so long to act? Why can’t we put SIMPLE plans in place that allows for IMMEDIATE response efforts? 1. Rapid Assessment. 2. Evacuation/Food/Shelter/Clothing/Medical Attention/Psychosocial Support. 3. Continuity of Education. The bureaucracy aka failure to act is just ludicrous to me.

wow looks beautiful 😍

It is up to everyone to stop consuming unnecessarily. And to stop politicizing climate change. I suffer with all those who have lost their homes.

May god bless you and let it all be clear

Flood-hit is very common in Malaysia. Every single year we all got flooding issues especially starting from November. 😑