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Floods in Australia, March 2012 GOOD NEWS FOR WALLA WALLA, A FARMING COMMUNITY IN NEW SOUTH WALES, SOUTHEAST AUSTRALIA March 1-6, 2012 More lectures at Disasters Supercourse - http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/collections/collection52.htm Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

LOCATIONS OF HEAVY RAINFALL: 2011 and 2012

The Mummumbidgee River, swollen after 20 cm (8 in) of rainfall, peaked at 10.56 m, just below the height of Walla Walla’s protective levee.

FLOODING IN SOUTHEAST AUSTRALIA

PREPARATION FOR WORST FLOODING SINCE 1974 9,000 people were evacuated after a week of rain and flooding that damaged 1,000 houses Local authorities declared a state of emergency, which gave police and the army more authority to carry out search and rescue ops.

WHAT NHAPPENED IN 2011

GREAT QUEENSLAND FLOOD INUNDATES 22 TOWNS, DISPLACES 200,000, KILLS 35, AND CAUSES LOSSES OF OVER $5 BILLION IN AUSTRALIA DECEMBER 10 – JANUARY 16, 2011

Catastrophic flooding in Queensland was fed by one of the most intense La Nina weather events in decades.

75 PERCENT OF QUEENSLAND STATE DECLARED A DISASTER ZONE

RECORD FLOODING IN AUSTRALIA: NEW SOUTH WALES ROCKHAMPTON TOOWOOMBA BRISBANE DECEMBER 10 – JANUARY 16, 2011

DECEMBER STORMS BROUGHT HEAVY RAINFALL: DEC. 17, 2010

NEW SOUTH WALES: 45 FLOOD DISASTER ZONES