Four people have died in Lismore bringing the total death toll from the flood disaster in Queensland and NSW to 13. NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet warned the state could “expect more tragedy to occur”. There are still multiple evacuation orders in place for the Northern Rivers region. That includes Ballina, which is in a “desperate situation” as communications have been cut off by floodwaters. And supermarkets in flood-affected communities are running out of supplies after being cut off. The surly storm front continues to move south, and the weather bureau has issued severe weather warnings spanning NSW’s mid-north coast to the Victorian border. Heavy rain hit Sydney overnight, with residents living near the Hawkesbury, Nepean and Georges rivers told to evacuate due to threats of “life-threatening” floods, with predictions this morning that it could be worse than what was experienced at the same time last year.  And for a visual of how big the flood in Queensland’s Gympie was, this quadbike caught on powerlines is a doozy…