Major floods swamp Australia’s east coast, claiming 7 lives

[Kamaji]

Major floods swamp Australia’s east coast, claiming 7 lives

By Associated Press
February 28, 2022

BRISBANE, Australia — Parts of Australia’s third-most populous city Brisbane were under water Monday after heavy rain brought record flooding to some east coast areas and killed seven people.

The flooding in Brisbane and its surrounds is the worst since 2011 when the city of 2.6 million people was inundated by what was described as a once-in-a-century event.

A 59-year-old man drowned in Brisbane’s north on Sunday afternoon after he tried to cross a flooded creek on foot and was pinned against a fence, Queensland state police said on Monday.

Queensland emergency services warned life-threatening flash flooding was occurring south of Brisbane in parts of Gold Coast city.

Residents were advised to shelter where they were unless it is unsafe to do so. Access to many areas was cut in multiple places, Queensland Fire and Emergency Services said in an alert.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2022/02/28/major-floods-swamp-australias-east-coast-claiming-7-lives/

[mountaineer]

Will they permit people to leave their homes in order to evacuate? I hope they wear masks.

[DB]

"The flooding in Brisbane and its surrounds is the worst since 2011 when the city of 2.6 million people was inundated by what was described as a once-in-a-century event."

The irony - or is it stupidity - is too much...

[mountaineer]

We have once-every-100-years floods in the upper Ohio Valley every 7 years or so, it seems.