Firefighter Russell O'Keefe is pressure hosing his garage, cleaning out the mud that came with the second flood.

He tells us he's lived in Coraki since 2017. That year, he says, the flood was knee-deep downstairs. In February this year, it was knee-deep on the second storey. And then, a month later, it returned, this time waist-deep downstairs.

Upstairs, he points to the stripped out walls, the place where the kitchen used to be. Plaster has been removed, along with floor coverings.