1. Floods in Australia, March GOOD NEWS FOR WALLA WALLA, A FARMING COMMUNITY IN NEW SOUTH WALES, SOUTHEAST AUSTRALIA March 1-6, 2012
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Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

2. LOCATIONS OF HEAVY RAINFALL: 2011 and 2012

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

4. FLOODING IN SOUTHEAST AUSTRALIA

5. 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.

6. WHAT NHAPPENED IN 2011

7. 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

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

9. 75 PERCENT OF QUEENSLAND STATE DECLARED A DISASTER ZONE

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

11. DECEMBER STORMS BROUGHT HEAVY RAINFALL: DEC. 17, 2010

12. NEW SOUTH WALES: 45 FLOOD DISASTER ZONES