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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 city of about 200,000 people was hit by devastating flooding in 2019 which was labeled by the then state premier as a “one-in-100-year event.” Crisafulli said Sunday that this weekend’s ...
The dam was an attempt to address Townsville's dual water concerns--abundance and scarcity--and added to the city's long history of attempting to tame the natural environment. [ 4 ] In the 1980s, the second stage of the dam necessitated a deviation of the Flinders Highway and Mount Isa railway line (which previously ran straight north-south) to ...
Eastern Australian Floods caused by Cyclone Debbie: Southern Queensland, Northern NSW: 12 [25] January – February 2019 Townsville flood: Queensland 5 [26] February 2020: Widespread flooding in Sydney basin and the Blue Mountains, flooding in central west to the north of NSW and flooding caused by Tropical Cyclone Damien in Karratha: NSW, WA ...
Located in the tropics, northern Queensland is vulnerable to destructive cyclones, storms, and flooding. Speaking to the BBC in Townsville, Scott Heron, a local resident and climate expert, said ...
The Townsville Golf Club is the oldest golf club in Queensland, having been established at Kissing Point in 1893. The club relocated to Aitkenvale in 1921, and then relocated to Rosslea on 18 April 1924. [7] During 2019, parts of Rosslea suffered during the 2019 Townsville flood.
Kayaks provided transportation in 2019 floods. One rainy day in 2019 saw the most rain on any single day in February since 1871, Knox News reported in 2020. Severe flooding that year brought in ...
2019 Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick floods; 2019 Townsville flood; 2019–20 United Kingdom floods; C. 2019–2020 Congo River floods; M. Mississippi River floods ...