BS: Floods in Queensland, Australia, 2011

Subject: RE: BS: Floods in Queensland, Australia, 2011
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 11 Jan 11 - 05:45 AM

Fortunately, my daughter who did a camping trip in Queensland in roughly early December while visiting her brother in Sydney while travelling for several months' got out in time, although she was less than polite about local weather.

What we are not hearing is whether the flooding is due to innate geography or poor rainwater (or river flood) management, long term infrastrucuture neglect, or what.

Subject: BS: Floods in Queensland, Australia, 2011
From: freda underhill
Date: 11 Jan 11 - 05:00 AM

Northeastern Australiahas been experiencing severe floods since October 2010. The floods have forced the evacuation of thousands of people from towns and cities. At least 22 towns and over 200,000 people have been affected, and it seems to be getting worse.

Vast areas of Southern and Central Queensland, an area the size of Germany and France combined, are affected by the floods. About 300 roads have been closed, including nine major highways.

There's been a bit of mention of these floods on the "what's the weather like where you are" thread. But the water keeps rising, and people are dying. The floods are much worse than those in previous years. In some places the floods have been compared to an inland tsunami.

Here's a link to a video of yesterday's flash flood in Toowoomba