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Residents ordered to evacuate as Tweed River breaks its banks

A flooded road at Tumbulgum, NSW, Monday, 14 December, 2020

A flooded road at Tumbulgum, NSW, Monday, 14 December, 2020 Source: AAP

The northern NSW town of Murwillumbah has been declared "a high danger area" by the SES, with people ordered to evacuate after the Tweed River burst its banks.


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By Stergos Kastelloriou

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The northern NSW town of Murwillumbah has been declared "a high danger area" by the SES, with people ordered to evacuate after the Tweed River burst its banks.


Residents in the northern NSW town of Murwillumbah have been ordered to evacuate as record-breaking heavy rains continue to inundate the area as well as southeast Queensland.

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