Sirens sound in Lismore as levee cracks and city floods

By Megan Levy
Updated June 5 2017 - 9:38am, first published March 31 2017 - 5:43pm
Floods after the Cyclone Debbie deluge in Ocean Shores on the NSW North Coast. Photo by SMH contributor Photo: Vicki Takis
Floods after the Cyclone Debbie deluge in Ocean Shores on the NSW North Coast. Photo by SMH contributor Photo: Vicki Takis

Thousands have abandoned their homes in northern NSW as the remnants of ex-tropical cyclone Debbie bore down overnight, dumping a staggering amount of rain on the region and causing a major flood emergency in the city of Lismore.

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