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The Wivenhoe Dam was built approximately 80 km upstream from Brisbane after the 1974 floods. As a result of the flood, planning for the Wivenhoe Dam included flood mitigation as well as its original water supply purpose. [26] The flood was a defining event for a generation of Brisbane residents. [27]
[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.
On 9 January, the Flood Relief Appeal: Australia Unites telethon broadcast by the Nine Network from the Suncorp Piazza at South Bank Parklands, Brisbane raised more than A$10 million in pledged aid. [123] The South Bank area, which includes the Wheel of Brisbane, was itself inundated by flood waters only two days later.
Queensland floods or Brisbane floods may refer to: March 2010 Queensland floods; 2010–2011 Queensland floods; January 2012 floods;
English: Aerial view of Brisbane City during the 1974 flood, January 1974, looking NE along Mary and Margaret Streets towards the Brisbane River with Kangaroo Point and the Story Bridge in the background. The Parkroyal Motor Inn is visible on the far right of the photo (now known as Royal on the Park).
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.
27 January 1974, the largest flood to affect Brisbane City in the 20th Century, with a level of 5.45 metres; Post construction of Wivenhoe Dam 11 January 2011 with a level of 4.45 metres [66] 28 February 2022, 4.0m flood peak; Flooding along the Brisbane River has the potential to be devastating, as documented in 1974, 2011 and 2022. [67]
The 18411893 Brisbane flood, occasionally referred to as the Great Flood of 18931841 The regatta was also underwater or the Black February flood, occurred in 1893 in 1841 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The Brisbane River burst its banks on three occasions in February 1893. It was the occurrence of three major floods in the same month that saw ...