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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.
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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.
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[1]: 7.34 The 2011 Brisbane Flood Flag Map indicates that areas adjacent to the Corinda landslip are prone to flooding in the future, [5] and the CSIRO has warned that, with global warming, extreme weather events such as the rainfall event which triggered the 1974 Corinda landslip are likely to become more frequent. [6]
Several bodies have been found after parts of southern and eastern Spain were hit by severe flash flooding on Tuesday, with some locations receiving up to 12 inches of rain in just a few hours.
The state was not evacuated because of the floods. New South Wales State Emergency Service (SES) had responded to over 12,000 requests for help and 1000 direct flood rescues since 18 March during the storm, with the coastal area between the Mid North Coast and Greater Sydney being the most affected by the storm, where the SES had given flood evacuation warnings in many areas of these regions.