After escaping a bloody civil war to Australia, Sierra Leonean refugees in Lismore had to pick up the pieces again after last year's devastating floods.
A year on from Lismore's devastating floods the community has paused to reflect, reviving painful memories for many exhausted residents still waiting to have a permanent home again.
Damaging storms and hail are threatening large parts of NSW once again as emergency agencies continue the search for a teenager missing in floodwaters.
Residents of the western NSW town of Euabalong, around 420km north-west of Canberra, are in good spirits as crucial flood banks hold against the swollen Lachlan River.
A body has been found by NSW police searching for two men reported missing in floodwaters at Bevendale on the NSW Southern Tablelands, 100km north of Canberra.
NSW SES Yass unit rescued two men from four-wheel-drives in separate incidents at Murrumbateman yesterday - just two of 31 flood rescues conducted across the state in the 24 hours to 6am today.
