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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.
Rainfall of over 400 millimetres (16 in) was recorded across the Northern Brisbane area. [16] In the three days to 28 February, Northern Brisbane received 676.8 millimetres (26.65 in) of rainfall, the largest three, and seven, day total ever recorded in Brisbane. [17]
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 ...
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 ...
The effect of flooding on the Brisbane Markets was minor in 1974 but since then the site has grown five times and in 2011 35 buildings were inundated. [36] After the 2011 flood, home and land values in the suburb decreased dramatically. The median house price decreased by 23.9%. [51]
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 ...
[2] [3] The landslides in Corinda and surrounding suburbs involved "thousands of tonnes" of soil, with a section of Cliveden Avenue eventually being permanently closed to vehicular traffic. [3] Geoscience Australia records that the landslip was over a distance of 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi), with "ten houses were evacuated and 12 others threatened.
Wheel of Brisbane during the floods. This detailed astronaut photograph illustrates flooding in suburbs of the Brisbane metropolitan region. A child plays in the floodwaters as the Brisbane River breaks its banks in the city. Flooding began to affect low-lying areas of Brisbane on the morning of 11 January 2011.