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“It’s this type of flash flooding that the Byron Bay Drainage Project is designed to reduce.”<\/p>\n
Bangalow Showground, which backs onto Bangalow Primary School, and neighbouring George Street were also flooded.<\/p>\n
“It was very intense rainfall and water levels rose very quickly,” Bangalow Resilience Network president Claire McKlisky said. “A lot of people just weren’t aware that it was flooding outside. There were teachers who were teaching and didn’t realise.”<\/p>\n
McKlisky said the downstairs storage areas and workshops of some homes flooded.<\/p>\n
“A house at Talofa also flooded so some of our members went there and started hosing off the flooring,” she said.<\/p>\n
“People were turning up to various houses with food and it felt like a really nice community vibe.”<\/p>\n
One woman, who had no car insurance and had been told her car was a write-off, was extremely grateful when Bangalow Resilience Network member Matthew Dundon \u2013 who runs a repair business called The Mad Scientist \u2013 was able to get it started after an hour of work.<\/p>\n
“She was over the moon,” Dundon said. “The car was literally in the middle of the road where it had stopped running when they tried to drive it out of the water.”<\/p>\n
Community members interested in preparing for future natural disasters are invited to attend the Bangalow Resilience Network’s next meeting, to be held at Bangalow Heritage House & Museum at 5.30pm on Tuesday 2 June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
COMMUNITY groups across the Byron Shire sprang into action to help people impacted by flash flooding last Friday, with cars washed down streets and residents rescued from their homes after becoming trapped in floodwaters. The NSW SES responded to incidents in Byron Bay, Bangalow, Mullumbimby and Lismore. “In Deacon Street, Bangalow we had a large […]<\/p>\n