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9.25pm GMT
NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian has just spoken to the media, providing an update on the weather situation (and confirming she has booked in some leave for January).
“We’ve already had evacuations in place in South Murwillumbah. We don’t want anybody to suffer injury or worse. We know that the storm conditions haven’t eased and they’re continuing, and I’ll have better advice in a couple of hours.
9.18pm GMT
Ben Kirkwell believes he’s “dodged a bullet” after his Byron Bay restaurant narrowly avoided being washed into the Pacific Ocean, AAP reports.
His family and the Fink family co-own the salubrious Beach Byron Bay restaurant, which came close to going under as a mountainous swell smashed into the dunes under it in the early hours of Monday morning.
Continue reading…Authorities warn of further flooding and coastal erosion; China-state owned media reports power stations have been told not to buy Australian coal. Follow the latest updates• Byron Bay beach damage ‘worst in a generation’ as storms batter coastline• Coronavirus global news live: UK reports 232 further Covid deaths 9.25pm GMTNSW premier Gladys Berejiklian has just spoken to the media, providing an update on the weather situation (and confirming she has booked in some leave for January).“We’ve already had evacuations in place in South Murwillumbah. We don’t want anybody to suffer injury or worse. We know that the storm conditions haven’t eased and they’re continuing, and I’ll have better advice in a couple of hours. 9.18pm GMTBen Kirkwell believes he’s “dodged a bullet” after his Byron Bay restaurant narrowly avoided being washed into the Pacific Ocean, AAP reports.His family and the Fink family co-own the salubrious Beach Byron Bay restaurant, which came close to going under as a mountainous swell smashed into the dunes under it in the early hours of Monday morning. Continue reading…