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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 ...
2015 Hunter Valley/Central Coast/Sydney Floods: NSW: 8 [citation needed] May 2015: South – East Queensland Flash Floods: QLD: 5 [21] June 2016: Tasmanian Floods: TAS: 3 [22] September 2016: Central West and Riverina Floods: NSW: 1 [23] February 2017: Western Australian Floods: WA: 2 [24] Late March 2017: Eastern Australian Floods caused by ...
2011 Victoria floods; F. 1956 Murray River flood; M. March 2010 Victoria storms; S. September 2010 Victoria floods; 2022 south eastern Australia floods
The floods proceeded an extensive drought period that had effected the entirety of Australia. While the flooding was widespread, swelling many major rivers, little flash flooding occurred in urban areas. Melbourne remained relatively unaffected, though several large regional towns, such as Ballarat, Benalla and others, experienced urban flooding.
Flood: March 2010 Victoria storms: 0 2000+ houses 500,000,000+ AUD 2010 Flood: 2010 Western Australian storms: 0 $1,080,000,000 AUD 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 ...
1863 – A major flood puts Port Melbourne underwater leaving thousands homeless across the city and drowning one man at Princes Bridge. [4] 26 July 1882 – Snow falls for half an hour in Melbourne. [5] 1882 – Elizabeth Street in Melbourne is flooded. 1891 – The great flood causes the Yarra River to swell to 305 metres (1,001 ft) in width. [6]
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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.