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Rowing shed in West End, Brisbane Brisbane River and Story Bridge in flood Flooding in Corinda The Brisbane central business district (CBD) experienced flooding, as well as the inner city areas of South Bank and South Brisbane , Milton , West End , Windsor, Lutwyche, Gordon Park, Grange, Wooloowin, Toombul and Newstead .
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. The floods were attributed to excess torrential rain caused by La Niña and a negative Indian ...
Wheel of Brisbane during the floods. This detailed astronaut photograph illustrates flooding in suburbs of the Brisbane metropolitan region. A child plays in the floodwaters as the Brisbane River breaks its banks in the city. Flooding began to affect low-lying areas of Brisbane on the morning of 11 January 2011.
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.
27 January 1974, the largest flood to affect Brisbane City in the 20th Century, with a level of 5.45 metres; Post construction of Wivenhoe Dam 11 January 2011 with a level of 4.45 metres [66] 28 February 2022, 4.0m flood peak; Flooding along the Brisbane River has the potential to be devastating, as documented in 1974, 2011 and 2022. [67]
Known Floods in the Brisbane and Bremer River Basin, Bureau of Meteorology; Flood map of Brisbane & suburbs / drawn and published at the Survey Office, Department of Lands, Brisbane, Feb. 1974 (Link via National Library of Australia) Local Government (Planning and Environment) Act 1990; Gary Golding 1974 Brisbane Flood Video - State Library of ...
Queensland floods or Brisbane floods may refer to: March 2010 Queensland floods; 2010–2011 Queensland floods; January 2012 floods;
The dam was designed as a response to the floods that damaged Brisbane in 1974. [2] Built in the late 1970s – early 1980s as a multifunction facility by a consortium of construction companies including Thiess Brothers , Wivenhoe Dam provides a safe water supply to the people of Brisbane and adjacent regions.