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Deadly floodwaters triggered by record rainfall in Australia’s northeast rose for a third day Monday as authorities warned flood-stricken communities to brace themselves for further destruction.
[2] [3] Around 85,000 people were displaced by the flooding or requested to leave their homes by authorities. [4] [5] The floods' damage was significant because rain fell on land that was already saturated after months of previous heavy rainfall. It was the third major flood in 2022 for some areas in the eastern seaboard. [6]
Since 1925, flooding has been minor with the exception of floods in 1974 and in December 2010, when the river rose to 10.2 metres (33 ft) at Gundagai. [4] The Gundagai floods of 25 June 1852 were some of the worst to ever hit Australia. [5] By 24 June the township was isolated and incredibly wet, with almost three weeks of heavy rain.
The Shoalhaven River and its main tributary the Kangaroo River were once renowned as an Australian bass fishery. Unfortunately, Tallowa Dam has been a potent barrier to migratory native fish with estuarine/marine juvenile stages, blocking species including Australian bass from more than 80% of their former range in the Shoalhaven system.
A massive rainstorm that hit Sunday night continued to batter North Jersey into Monday with major flooding and power outages wreaking havoc on the region.. Relief remains many hours away with rain ...
Then it looked at the possibility of those flooding today and 30 years from now. The Associated Press then determined the 25% of plants most at risk currently, and where the situation will worsen ...
Flood waters could rise very quickly at Larbert—without any prior warning—following rain in the upper part of the Shoalhaven catchment. [ 18 ] [ 24 ] Nonetheless, the river crossing was on the mail route from Braidwood to Sydney in 1854, [ 25 ] it was also used by the gold escort in 1852, [ 26 ] and it was on what seems to have been a stage ...
The flooding destroyed roads and bridges and inundated farms. It came exactly a year after a previous bout of severe flooding hit Vermont and several other states. Sharp reported from Portland, Maine.