Floods in Australia explained

Australia has had over 160,708 floods in the last 10 years, many of which have taken out homes, wildlife and many habitats.

Floods that have occurred in the country of Australia:

Date Location State(s) Fatalities Notes
1806 Melbourne VIC 4
1820 Maitland NSW
1852NSW 89 [1]
1863 Melbourne (December) VIC 1 [2]
1867 Hawkesbury River (June) NSW 12 [3]
1869 VIC 2 [4]
1891 Melbourne (July) VIC 1 [5]
1893 QLD 11 [6] [7]
1893 Maitland NSW 9
1900 WA
1909 VIC 4
1913 Maitland NSW 1 [8]
1916 QLD 65
1923 SA 3
1926 Southwestern Australia WA
1927 NSW
1929 TAS 22
1930 Maitland NSW
1931 Maitland NSW
1934 VIC 35
1947 TAS
1949 Maitland NSW
Maitland, Gippsland, West Queensland NSW, VIC, QLD 1 [9]
1951 Maitland NSW
1952 Maitland NSW
1955 NSW 14
1955 All southern states (August) WA, SA, VIC, NSW, TAS 2
1956 NSW, VIC, SA
1970 All eastern states (December) QLD, NSW, VIC, TAS 16
1971 ACT 7 [10]
1971 Tadpole flood NSW
1974 QLD 16
1984 Feb West Dapto NSW not known[11]
1986 Sydney NSW 6
1990 East Coast NSW 7
1996 Queensland and New South Wales NSW & QLD 4
1998 NT, QLD, NSW 3 [12] [13]
June 2007 NSW 10
June 2007 Gippsland Floods VIC
February 2008 Mackay floods QLD
September 2010 VIC
March 2010 QLD
December 2010 WA
December 2010January 2011 QLD 35 [14]
January 2011 VIC 2 [15] [16]
August 2011 Gippsland (August) VIC 1 [17]
FebruaryMarch 2012 Eastern Australia (FebMar) NSW, VIC, QLD 3 [18] [19] [20]
March 2012 Gippsland and Koo wee rup VIC 0
JanuaryFebruary 2013 QLD, NSW 6
April 2015 2015 Hunter Valley/Central Coast/Sydney Floods NSW 8
May 2015 SouthEast Queensland Flash Floods QLD 5 [21]
June 2016 Tasmanian Floods TAS 3 [22]
September 2016 Central West and Riverina Floods NSW 1 [23]
February 2017 Western Australian Floods WA 2 [24]
Late March 2017 Eastern Australian Floods caused by Cyclone DebbieSouthern Queensland, Northern NSW align=right 12 [25]
JanuaryFebruary 2019Townsville floodQueensland5[26]
February 2020 NSW, WA0
March 2021 Widespread flooding in the Sydney basin and the Mid North Coast of NSW (2021 eastern Australia floods). Extending into South East QueenslandNSW, South East Queenslandalign=right 3
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9-10 June 2021 Widespread flash flooding across Gippsland. 160,000 properties blacked out, some for 4 days or more. Traralgon in the Latrobe Valley was one of the hardest-hit places with 200 homes evacuated.VictoriaAlign=right 2[29] [30] [31] [32]
November 2021Central QueenslandQueensland[33]
January 2022Wide Bay-Burnett, Fraser Coast and Gympie Regions, caused by ex-Tropical Cyclone SethQueenslandAlign=right 3[34]
February 2022Eastern Australia floodsQueensland, NSWAlign=right 23, 1 missing [35] [36] [37] [38]
March 2022Eastern Australia floodsSouth East Queensland, NSWAlign=right 4[39] [40]
July 2022New South WalesNSWAlign=right 1[41]
October 2022South eastern Australia floodsVIC, TAS, NSWAlign=right 7[42]
October 2023GippslandVIC[43] [44] [45]
December 2023Cairns FloodQLD[46]

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1852: Gundagai floods – 89 die in Australia’s deadliest flood. National Museum Australia .
  2. The Argus. 28 December 1863
  3. Web site: Remembering the great Hawkesbury flood tragedy of 1867. ABC News.
  4. The Great Flood of Ballarat. pg 6. The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser. 23 October 1869
  5. The Floods in Australia: Heavy Losses Revealed. Launceston Examiner. 18 July 1891
  6. Whitaker (2005), 30.
  7. Kenny (n.d.).
  8. Web site: Facsimile of brochure. downloads.newcastle.edu.au. 2020-09-26.
  9. pg 1. The West Australian. Thursday 6 April 1950
  10. News: 4 February 1971. Inquest date set. 45. 10. The Canberra Times. 12,726. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. National Library of Australia. 23 February 2022.
  11. Web site: The West Dapto flood of February 1984: Rainfall characteristics and channel changes. ResearchGate.
  12. http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/history/les.shtml "Tropical Cyclone Les"
  13. Web site: Flood - Sydney and Wollongong, 1998 - Australian Disaster Resilience Knowledge Hub. knowledge.aidr.org.au.
  14. Web site: Death toll from Queensland Floods . 24 January 2011 . Queensland Police Service . 26 January 2011 .
  15. News: Missing boy's body found . 18 January 2011. . Australia . 18 January 2011.
  16. Web site: Victoria flash floods claim first victim . ninemsn.com.au . 29 December 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706111107/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/floods/8207291/flash-flooding-eases-in-victoria . 6 July 2011 .
  17. News: Heard, Hamish . O'Connell, Brigid . Gippsland farmer dies in floodwaters in bid to save cattle . . Melbourne . 13 August 2011 . 4 November 2016.
  18. Web site: Moree battles worst floods since 1955 . 2012-08-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120719040511/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8413110/thousands-evacuated-from-nsw-floods . 2012-07-19 .
  19. News: Two dead in flood crisis gripping parts of Victoria, NSW and Queensland . . 5 March 2012 . 4 November 2016 . .
  20. News: Australian flood clean-up begins . . 10 March 2012 . 4 November 2016 .
  21. News: Five die in Queensland floods after downpours in Caboolture . Sandeman, George . . Australia . 2 May 2015 . 4 November 2016 .
  22. Web site: Four missing as floods devastate Tasmania; NSW mops up. 6 June 2016 . . en-AU. 8 June 2016.
  23. Web site: Body found near Forbes identified as missing Burcher man Robert Linnane . 6 October 2016. ABC News. Australia. en-AU. 4 November 2016.
  24. News: Morrison. Lisa. WA floods: Second man's body recovered as receding waters reveal extent of damage. ABC News. 14 February 2017 . 14 February 2017.
  25. Web site: Cyclone Debbie: Floods in NSW and Queensland claim more lives. The Courier Mail. 1 April 2017.
  26. Web site: 2019-02-05 . Townsville flooding continues as hundreds wait for waters to recede . ABC News.
  27. News: Cockburn . Paige . Nguyen . Kevin . Live: NSW facing 'dangerous situation' as more than 18,000 people are evacuated . 22 March 2021 . www.abc.net.au . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 21 March 2021 . en-AU.
  28. News: Chapman . Alex . Weather system battering New South Wales extends along coast to Queensland . 22 March 2021 . . . 21 March 2021 . en . A once-in-50-year rain event battering New South Wales is also impacting south-east Queensland..
  29. News: Body found in submerged car as rescuers search for flood victims in eastern Victoria . 11 June 2021 . ABC Gippsland . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 9 June 2021 . en-AU.
  30. News: Victorians count the cost after violent storm sends trees crashing through homes . 11 June 2021 . ABC News . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 10 June 2021 . en-AU.
  31. News: Woman's body found in floodwater as Victoria's storm toll rises, further rain expected overnight . 11 June 2021 . ABC News . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 11 June 2021 . en-AU.
  32. News: Cook . Mim . Victorian power outages not all bad for some families living 'off the grid' . 13 June 2021 . ABC Radio Gippsland . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 13 June 2021 . en-AU.
  33. News: 2021-11-25. 'He lost everything': Central Queensland residents flee emergency flooding overnight. en-AU. ABC News. 2022-01-13.
  34. News: 2022-01-07. Girl missing, towns facing inundation as ex-cyclone brings deadly flooding to south-east Queensland. en-AU. ABC News. 2022-01-13.
  35. News: 2022-02-22. Woman dies in floodwater after 'scary' amount of rain hits Queensland, warnings for Brisbane River catchment. en-AU. ABC News. 2022-02-23.
  36. News: 2022-02-23. Second person dies in south-east Queensland floodwaters as flash flooding remains a risk. en-AU. ABC News. 2022-02-25.
  37. News: 2022-02-25. SES volunteer one of two killed in floodwaters as Queensland's weather emergency continues. en-AU. ABC News. 2022-02-25.
  38. Web site: Catastrophe: Six dead, others missing or being rescued. Stuart Layt. 27 February 2022. 27 February 2022. Brisbane News. Nine Entertainment Co. Pty Limited.
  39. News: 2022-03-29. NSW floods: northern rivers residents forced to evacuate forsecond time in a month. en-AU. The Guardian. 2022-03-29.
  40. News: 2022-03-29. Police confirm second death in south-east Queensland floods and severe weather as body of man missing at North Branch found. en-AU. ABC News.
  41. Web site: First death reported from latest flooding in NSW as more residents asked to evacuate . 2022-07-03 . SBS News . en.
  42. Web site: Thousands under flood evacuation orders across Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania . ABC News . en.
  43. News: 2023-10-04 . Victorian towns along Macalister River told to evacuate now as floodwaters continue to flow . en-AU . ABC News . 2023-10-05.
  44. News: 2023-10-05 . Emergency warning issued for parts of Sale in Victoria's east, as state waits for Gippsland flood peaks . en-AU . ABC News . 2023-10-05.
  45. News: 2023-10-05 . Victoria floods: thousands told to evacuate as flood waters rise in Gippsland days after region fought fires . en-AU . The Guardian . 2023-10-05 . 0261-3077.
  46. News: 2023-12-16 . Live: Cairns enduring largest flood on record as BOM forecasts rainfall will not ease until Tuesday . en-AU . ABC News . 2023-12-17.

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