Holy fuck - I thought the storm was on the move south but it's stayed stationary overnight - if anything it's moved slightly back to the north.

The result has been another night of heavy rain. That's here. In Lismore it's been torrential. It's now 8am, Mar 30. Since 9am yesterday they've had another 420mm! That's gonna cause fresh floods for sure.

Another reason why we need a Cyclone track. With the radar you can say where the storm is and get a general impression of where it's going (from past movement) but without the pressure readings you really don't know.

The SES, which bungled the original storm response a month ago, were more proactive this time in that they ordered evacuations for low lying areas of Lismore for the previous night (Mar28-29). Tragically, they gave the 'all-clear' for residents to return last night - whereupon they've had 420mm of rain!

My neighbour says they've reordered evacuations at 3am this morning - but that's too late. How are people supposed to evacuate in the middle of the night with floods already happening? What a colossal fuck up.

Doesn't look that dramatic on the radar but if you're in the stream of the yellow/red and bear in mind that's it's remained stationary, then it quickly adds up.

Photo of fresh flooding in Lismore - photo Ella Buckland