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Periods of heavy snow and rainstorms lasting from December 1990 to February 1991 throughout Ireland and Western Europe. 2008: 2008 Irish flash floods: Flash floods throughout August lead to one death and the destruction of 50 houses. 2009: 2009 British Isles floods: Strong winds and heavy rain across the British Isles. Over 40,000 people in ...
The 2025 Queensland floods refer to significant ongoing flooding that is impacting the northeast Australia state of Queensland in late January and early February 2025. The disaster resulted in at least two fatalities and prompted mass evacuation orders in Queensland's coastal regions.
The 2019 Townsville flood was a major flood event that occurred in the city of Townsville and surrounding areas, on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. [1] Townsville has endured around 20 major flooding events since colonial settlement in the 1860s, but the 2019 event was one of the worst natural disasters to ever impact the region. [ 2 ]
The morning of the 11th has been described as the worst devastation in the city since Cyclone Althea in 1971. [4] Most roads in the city were impassable; the Bruce Highway was closed to the north and south of the city as were all rail links as at the time they were still under water; the airport was closed to all commercial traffic as the runway was under water, and the navigation aids still ...
1967 Brazil flood, mainly Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, flood and landslide Brazil: 1967 431 St. Francis Dam failure United States 1928 431 2015 Tamil Nadu floods Chennai, Cuddalore and Andhra Pradesh named 2015 South Indian floods: India: 2015 429 2002 Nepal flood, mainly occurred at Makwanpur, monssnal rain, flood, landslide Nepal: 2002 425
Queensland floods or Brisbane floods may refer to: March 2010 Queensland floods; 2010–2011 Queensland floods; January 2012 floods; January 2013 eastern Australia floods; see Cyclone Oswald; 2021 eastern Australia floods; 2022 eastern Australia floods
The most severe flood to take place along the Gascoyne River in Western Australia on record. 2010–2011 Flood: 2010–11 Queensland floods: 33 2,390,000,000 AUD 2011 Cyclone: Cyclone Yasi: 1 3,600,000,000 USD (2011) 2011 Flood: 2011 Victoria floods: 2 $2,000,000,000 AUD 2011 Flood: 2011 Wollongong floods: 0 2013 Bushfire: Tasmanian bushfires ...
The Queensland floods were followed by the 2011 Victorian floods which saw more than fifty communities in western and central Victoria also grapple with significant flooding. On 26 February 2021 the result of legal action, started in 2014 and won in 2019, was a partial settlement of A$440 million in compensation for thousands of flood victims ...