Repeat of devastating floods a matter of ‘when, not if’: council

Kate McIlwain
August 14 2018 - 3:30pm
Devastation: Some of the scenes around Wollongong in the aftermath of the August 1998 flood, when nearly 400mm of rain fell on the city.
Devastation: Some of the scenes around Wollongong in the aftermath of the August 1998 flood, when nearly 400mm of rain fell on the city.

Floods like those of August 1998 will happen again, Wollongong City Council says, in an animation proclaiming that “It’s not a matter of if it’ll happen again, but when”.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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