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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 ...
It is the costliest natural disaster in Western Australian history 2010 Flood: September 2010 Victoria floods: 0 250 2010 Flood: 2010 Gascoyne River flood: 0 two thousand head of cattle perished 100,000,000 AUD ( preliminary) The most severe flood to take place along the Gascoyne River in Western Australia on record. 2010–2011 Flood
2022 eastern Australia floods. Severe flooding across South East Queensland and Northern Rivers in New South Wales resulted in 22 deaths. [166] Shipwreck: Off Gabo Island, Victoria: 21: 1901 Mar 1: SS Federal vanished without trace. All crewmembers lost. [167] [168] Air accident: Coolangatta, Queensland: 21: 1949 Mar 10
Seven Network, Nine Network and Network 10 united in partnership with Red Cross Australia for the telethon event on the evening of 12 March to raise money for those affected by the floods. The event featured popular Australian musicians who performed to raise money, such as, Tones and I, Jimmy Barnes, Delta Goodrem, Jon Stevens, Vanessa Amorosi ...
5 January 1863 is Sydney's first recorded 40 °C (104 °F) day, when the mercury hit 41.6 °C (106.9 °F) at Sydney's Observatory Hill. [11]During January 1896, a state wide heatwave blasted through NSW and caused the mercury in Sydney to hit 40.7 °C (105.3 °F) on the 6th and 42.5 °C (108.5 °F) on the 13th, this ended Sydney's longest streak of days under 40.0 °C (104.0 °F) which lasted ...
Major flooding at Theodore persisted for more than two weeks. [10] Emerald was cut off by road on 29 December as the Nogoa River rose. [25] By the next day, the river surpassed the 2008 flood peak level of 15.36 metres (50.4 ft). [26] At the peak of the flooding, 80% of the town was flooded, the worst the town ever experienced. [27]
Flooding in Queensland in 2010 and 2011 was one of the worst flood events in Australia's history, 38 people were killed and entire towns, such as Grantham were severely damaged. Severe floods also occurred in Victoria in the years of 2010–2011 .
Flooding was extensive, including areas, such as Lake Conjola, that had been devastated by bushfires about 6 weeks earlier. The rain did help extinguish many still burning bushfires, and greatly improved the levels of dams after years of drought. Power supply, trains, ferries and road transport were disrupted by flooding, fallen trees and washouts.