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In Townsville, a city of 200,000 people, emergency alerts have been issued, warning residents in the most flood-prone neighbourhoods – dubbed the “black zone” – to evacuate immediately.
One person has died and thousands of others are under evacuation orders in Australia’s northeast after intense rain triggered dangerous flash floods that have inundated homes and businesses.
Severe storms and flash flooding are pounding Queensland, Australia, in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Jasper. Australia's Queensland Battles Severe Floods as Girl Is Seriously Injured by Lightning ...
By 3:30 p.m. local time, the Ross River Dam reached a capacity of 163.8%, causing Townsville's disaster management group to close it to the public and halt traffic to the area. [5] The Bruce Highway Ollera Creek Bridge north of Townsville collapsed due to the flooding, delaying or cutting supplies and access by road to different communities ...
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]
Townsville flood: Queensland 5 [26] February 2020: Widespread flooding in Sydney basin and the Blue Mountains, flooding in central west to the north of NSW and flooding caused by Tropical Cyclone Damien in Karratha: NSW, WA: 0: March 2021 Widespread flooding in the Sydney basin and the Mid North Coast of NSW (2021 eastern Australia floods).
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Far-southeast communities in Queensland were also affected by flooding and heavy rainfall, though to a lesser extent than those in New South Wales. The Australian government declared many parts of the east coast a natural disaster zone after the flooding rains forced 18,000 people to evacuate, in addition to over 1,000 flood rescues. [3]