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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 ...
Flooding: Queensland: 38: 2010 Dec – 2011 Jan: 2010–11 Queensland floods. 38 confirmed deaths plus 6 people missing (presumed dead) Shipwreck: Cardwell, Queensland: 36: 1872: Shipwreck Maria. Some of the survivors were killed by Aboriginal people, other survivors were helped by Aboriginal people [113] [114] Sinking: Woolgoolga, New South ...
Toowoomba was home to the Weis Bar, famous for being the birthplace of the Weis brand, until 2021 when the parent company Unilever relocated production to a factory in Western Sydney and the bar was closed down. [58] Toowoomba is also credited as the origin of Home Ice Cream, [59] Homestyle Bake, and possibly the Lamington. [60]
Flooding one city to save another was an awful choice The waters crested May 19 in the old Southern city at 57.1 feet, surpassing a record set 84 years ago. The 10 Costliest Floods in American History
Certain sump pumps sold under the Goulds, Red Jacket and Bell & Gossett brands are being recalled because their power cords can leak water into electrical outlets, creating a shock or ...
Apr. 11—PLATTSBURGH — A decade ago this spring, some of the area's worst flooding caused damage up and down the shores of Lake Champlain. "Ten years ago the water was extremely high," Clinton ...
Several hundred-year flooding events occurred in 2011. In North America, the following events occurred on separate rivers and tributaries: 2011 Assiniboine River flood; 2011 Lake Champlain and Richelieu River floods; 2011 Manitoba floods (disambiguation) 2011 Mississippi River floods; 2011 Missouri River flood; 2011 Musselshell River flood ...
2011 Mississippi River floods. Flooding along the Mississippi and tributaries has worsened, exceeding record levels since a three day tornado outbreak over a week ago, with ten dead, more than a thousand homes ordered evacuated in Memphis, Tennessee, more than 2,000 in Mississippi state, and about 13% of US refinery output disrupted.