Communities across the Northern Rivers regions of NSW will today mark one year since the massive floods that devastated the region, including the city of Lismore. It wasn’t the only flood they saw last year, but it was the big one that many are still struggling to recover from. Some remarkable stats/facts that made our brains explode a bit: the Northern Rivers floods were the most expensive disaster in Australian history and our biggest since Cyclone Tracy in 1974. It was the 2nd-costliest event in the world for insurers in 2022, coming in a long way after Hurricane Ian which struck America’s southeast. Researchers reckon about half of the 15-20,000 people affected are living in the shells of homes while the rest are in caravans, sheds, tents and temporary rentals. This digital story released by the ABC yesterday is worth a look, as is this look at how the business sector of Lismore is recovering.