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In the Wide Bay–Burnett, the city of Gympie suffered its worst flooding since 1893, with the Mary river peaking at 22.96 metres on 28 February. [33] About 550 people sought shelter at the Gympie evacuation shelter, and up to 3600 homes were inundated in the city. [ 34 ]
In February 1999, the Mary flooded Gympie after reaching a height of 21.95 metres (72.0 ft). [10] The Mary River experienced major flooding during the 2010–2011 Queensland floods. In some places the river rose 20 metres (66 ft). [11] In Maryborough the river peaked at 8.2 metres (27 ft) while at Gympie the peak was 19.3 metres (63 ft).
The Queensland floods were followed by the 2011 Victorian floods which saw more than fifty communities in western and central Victoria also grapple with significant flooding. On 26 February 2021 the result of legal action, started in 2014 and won in 2019, was a partial settlement of A$440 million in compensation for thousands of flood victims ...
Gympie (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ m p i / GHIM-pee) [3] is a city and a locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. [4] [5] Located in the Greater Sunshine Coast, [6] Gympie is about 170.7 km (110 mi) north of the state capital, Brisbane. The city lies on the Mary River, which floods Gympie occasionally.
1893 Brisbane flood Flooding in Newcastle in 2007 Queensland 2010-2011 floods. ... Fraser Coast and Gympie Regions, caused by ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth: Queensland 3 [34]
More information; see: 2022 eastern Australia floods A blocking high at the end of the month brought record breaking rain for Eastern Australia. 677mm fell in Brisbane in 3 days from the 28th breaking the old 3 day rainfall record of 600.4mm in 1974 [4] Brisbane recorded its highest February rainfall on record recording 887mm.
On 28 January, the body of a man who was swept away by floodwaters the day before was pulled from Oxley Creek, while the bodies of two others – a 27-year-old man and an 81-year-old man – were also recovered in Gympie and Burnett Heads respectively. [26] [27] At Gympie flood waters from the Mary River swamped around 100 business and 25 ...
Disaster Location Deaths Date Notes Shipwreck: Christmas Island: 48: 2010 Dec 15: 2010 Christmas Island boat disaster: Cyclone/Flood: Cairns and Cardwell, Queensland: 47: 1927 Feb 9: This tropical cyclone crossed the coast north of Cairns, which weakened into a rain depression, causing extensive flooding, resulting in a total 47 deaths throughout parts of Northern Queensland [102]