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Enoggera Dam, in the western Brisbane suburb of The Gap, reached a record capacity of 270% on the same day. [30] Wivenhoe Dam is primarily designed for drinking water supply to Brisbane, Ipswich, and surrounding areas, as well as flood protection for Brisbane.
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Queensland authorities said major flooding was underway in some suburbs of Cairns, a tourist hub of around 170,000 people located around 1,700 km (1,060 miles) north of state capital Brisbane.
[1]: 7.34 The 2011 Brisbane Flood Flag Map indicates that areas adjacent to the Corinda landslip are prone to flooding in the future, [5] and the CSIRO has warned that, with global warming, extreme weather events such as the rainfall event which triggered the 1974 Corinda landslip are likely to become more frequent. [6]
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Dairying became common in the area during the 1890s. The 1893 Brisbane flood halted housing construction in the lower parts of Oxley for many years. [18] William Brittain moved his brick making operations to a 200-acre (0.81 km 2) site on Douglas Street in 1899. [18] In 1879, the local government area of Yeerongpilly Division was created. In ...
Our Brisbane. Brisbane City Council. Archived from the original on 11 February 2008. Stories of life in the Graceville and Chelmer area: Recollection, Renewal and Connection to Place 2012, State Library of Queensland; Graceville Flood Photographs 1974-2011, State Library of Queensland
The state was not evacuated because of the floods. New South Wales State Emergency Service (SES) had responded to over 12,000 requests for help and 1000 direct flood rescues since 18 March during the storm, with the coastal area between the Mid North Coast and Greater Sydney being the most affected by the storm, where the SES had given flood evacuation warnings in many areas of these regions.