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On 28 February the Brisbane River's height reached 3.8 metres (12 ft), higher than the 2.3-metre (7 ft 7 in) peak height of flooding in 2013 but below the 3.9 metres recorded during the 2010–2011 Queensland floods [20] and less than the peak height of 4.46m in 2011. [21]
The 2022 south eastern Australia floods are a series of floods that have occurred in south-eastern Australia [nb 1] since October 2022. [6] Some towns experienced the highest river peaks in decades, [7] and many places saw rivers peak multiple times. The floods were attributed to excess torrential rain caused by La Niña and a negative Indian ...
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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.
On 16 November 2008, Brisbane was hit by a thunderstorm with wind gusts up to 130 kilometres per hour (81 mph) [53] reaching speeds of Category 2 tropical cyclones, [54] and flooding throughout the region. Areas were declared disaster zones, with one of the worst hit areas being The Gap, a north-western suburb, where roofs were lifted off ...
1893 Brisbane flood Flooding in Newcastle in 2007 Queensland 2010-2011 floods. Australia has had over 160,708 floods in the last 10 years, many of which have taken out homes, wildlife and many habitats.
Piles of garbage and flood-damaged furniture lined the streets of a Melbourne suburb on Sunday, October 16, as residents cleaned up after the Maribyrnong River burst its banks, causing the area ...
Rocklea is one of Brisbane's most flood affected suburbs. Severe damage was experienced in both the 1974 Brisbane flood and 2010–2011 Queensland floods . Flooding in Rocklea is particularly harmful to the coastal ecosystem because of the oil and other toxic chemicals which are washed downstream. [ 51 ]