Gordon Avenue resident Jan Crosdale will move back into her home next week, a year after it was severely damaged by the April 2015 superstorm.
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Mrs Crosdale’s home is one of at least four South Cessnock residences still unoccupied 12 months on.
Mrs Crosdale, 83, said she is excited to be moving back, but the fear of her home being flooded again will always be in the back of her mind.
“I want to live there as long as I can, I’ve lived there since I was seven years old,” she said.
“I hope the council gets in and does something soon, before it floods again.”
Cessnock City Council adopted a flood risk management plan for Black Creek in March, which recommends building a levee bank east of Sixth Street, house raising and voluntary purchase of houses located in floodways.
See how South Cessnock was affected by the April 2015 superstorm in the gallery below.
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