few places have been harder hit than lismore, one of the most flood—prone places in new south wales,uary were the worst they'd known. we literally had water coming up from the ocean, water coming down from the catchment, and 800 millilitres of rain in about 24 hours landing on top of lismore, and it was literally the perfect storm. you know, there's no doubt that there is an issue with climate change. when it comes to tropical cyclones in 2022, super typhoon noru was one of the fastest strengthening storms ever recorded in the pacific as it approached the philippines in september. good afternoon, everyone. we are coming on the air because hurricane ian i is about to make landfall. in the usa, few hurricanes are as costly as ian, which hit florida in september, causing so much damage that losses are expected to exceed $50 billion. these scenes from fort myers shows the scale of destruction from a storm tide as the fifth strongest hurricane ever to make landfall in the usa. ian's most devastating impacts came from its storm surge. susan powell explains what a storm surge is and why the