A Lismore local has given a tour of the city as it suffers its second flood in less than a month.
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Disability support worker Scotty Brizzle has been documenting flooding in Lismore in northern NSW ever since March 1 and provided two more video updates on Wednesday, March 30.
In one video filmed at 11:30am, Mr Brizzle showed flooded streets in the Lismore CBD, which included a submerged car as well as furniture and a bin floating through the floodwater.
Mr Brizzle found himself in a "hairy" situation when he accidentally drove into floodwaters on Molesworth Street on his way to film the Wilson River earlier in the day at 6:30am.
"It was dark and I couldn't see anything and I was going to my spot to check the river these last few days and then all of a sudden I'm in flood water. The fanbelt's screeching, the car's almost conking out. I had no idea, it was three seconds it took just to be in it," he told Australian Community Media.
"I watch these guys on the news and I'm like 'how do these guys get caught in the floodwater?' But it happened in about three seconds. It was a good reality check on how fast it can actually happen."
Luckily, Mr Brizzle was able to escape the floodwaters and filmed the Wilson River, which was overflowing onto nearby streets.
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Mr Brizzle, who has lived in Lismore his whole life, said "it's just devastating to see this place go under yet again only a month later".
An evacuation order for the Lismore CBD was removed late on Tuesday afternoon, only to be reinstated at 3am on Wednesday after more heavy rain overnight.
Mr Brizzle said he was "thankful for emergency services" but felt that locals had been "messed around" by the retracting and reinstating of evacuation orders.
SES head Daniel Austin explained the decision to drop the evacuation order at Lismore was based on local consultation and advice from the Bureau of Meteorology about the incoming weather.
"At that point in time, that advice was the right advice to enable the community to try to restore and work through its recovery process," Mr Austin said at a press conference on Wednesday.
"Some hours later, we then saw a significant thunderstorm form over the Lismore area, which led to that extreme flash flooding event. The community reacted well through the evening."
Woman missing in floodwaters since Tuesday
Meanwhile, a woman who went missing in floodwaters near Lismore has sparked a desperate search effort by police and emergency services.
The woman was reported trapped in her vehicle by floodwaters near Wyrallah Road at Monaltrie, south of Lismore, on Tuesday March 29, prompting a search to begin at 9.50pm.
Police spent several hours searching for the woman and her vehicle, however have been unable to locate her.
Officers from Richmond Police District - with assistance from Police Rescue, Water Police and NSW SES volunteers - recommenced a search and rescue operation on Wednesday morning, March 30, in the vicinity of Wyrallah Road.
As emergency service operations continue, police are urging anyone who may have seen a 2017 white Holden Captiva station wagon, with NSW registration YHS 51F, in the greater Lismore area to contact police immediately.
Police also remind people within flood affected areas to never enter, walk, ride or drive through floodwaters.