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Coordinates: 27°35′S 152°12′E. 2010–2011 Queensland floods. A woman trapped on the roof of her car awaits rescue during the Toowoomba flash flood. Date. December 2010 – January 2011 (2 months) Location. Much of central and southern Queensland including Brisbane, Rockhampton, Gympie, Emerald, Bundaberg, Dalby, Toowoomba, Roma, and ...
Operation Queensland Flood Assist was a complex, multi-Service activity by the Australian Defence Force (ADF) as a contribution to the response to the 2010–2011 Queensland floods. Coordinated to aid civilian emergency response efforts, at Federal inter-departmental level it was managed by Emergency Management Australia.
Wivenhoe Dam. The Wivenhoe Dam is a rock and earth-fill embankment dam with a concrete spillway across the Brisbane River in South East Queensland, Australia. The dam takes it names from the local Wivenhoe Pocket rural community. The dam wall is located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) by road from the centre of Brisbane.
This detailed astronaut photograph illustrates flooding in suburbs of the Brisbane area. December 2010 to January 2011 – Flooding across Queensland continues, the most widespread flooding disaster in Queensland history. [1] The Toowoomba and Lockyer Valley regions are severely affected by floodwaters on 10 January, which would later lead to ...
On 28 February the Brisbane River's height reached 3.8 metres (12 ft), higher than the 2.3-metre (7 ft 7 in) peak height of flooding in 2013 but below the 3.9 metres recorded during the 2010–2011 Queensland floods [20] and less than the peak height of 4.46m in 2011. [21]
1974 Brisbane flood. In January 1974 a flood occurred in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia after three weeks of continual rain. The Brisbane River, which runs through the heart of the city, broke its banks and flooded the surrounding areas. [2] The cyclone that produced the flood also flooded surrounding cities: Ipswich, Beenleigh, and the Gold ...
[17] [49] It relocated to Coorparoo in 2011. [50] Scenes for the feature film Jucy (2010) were shot at the now-defunct video store Trash Video in the suburb. [51] The suburb was affected by the 2010–2011 Queensland floods as the Brisbane River broke its banks. [52] From 11 January low-lying areas of the suburb and other places in Brisbane ...
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 out homes, wildlife and many habitats.