By Alice Klein.
A street is flooded in a suburb.
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Eight people have died and thousands of properties have been damaged in flooding caused by record-breaking rain on the east coast of Australia. The region was 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217 800-273-3217
In the week up to 28 February, the city of Brisbane received a record 790 millimetres of rain. In an average year, London has 690 millimetres.
State premier Annastacia Palaszczuk told media on 27 February that the rain bomb was just coming down in buckets.
⚠️Dangerous and life-threatening #floods continue for south-east #Qld and north-east #NSW; numerous Major Flood Warnings current, further heavy rain expected on Sunday.
Highest rain total since 9am Thu – 1,416mm (56inches) at Mt Glorious, Qld.
Warnings: https://t.co/obpjPtuMve pic.twitter.com/XxgAawXcXC
— Bureau of Meteorology, Australia (@BOM_au) February 26, 2022
More than 50,000 people are without power in the area that has been flooded.
On February 27th, the Fire and Emergency Services said it was receiving 100 requests for help every hour. The emergency services officer who lost his life was on the way to rescue a trapped family. Many people are missing.
The rain is heading into northern New South Wales. The city of Lismore has never experienced flooding like it is now after the river rose to a new record on February 28.
People are waiting to be rescued from their roofs in videos posted on social media.
Desperate call for help from #Lismore local Lucy Vader. Stuck on a roof at 36 Macaulay St. Her dog is inside her home. “I’m having to flex my back to stay on the roof and not slip off” She is one of hundreds desperately needing rescuing from floodwaters @nbnnews @9NewsSyd pic.twitter.com/LXcCkFtFLb
— Olivia Grace-Curran (@livgracecurran) February 28, 2022
A very slow- moving low-pressure system dragging moist air from the Coral Sea onto the east coast is what caused the intense rain.
The east coast was already experiencing more rain than usual due to the La Ni F1a weather cycle.
Climate change can cause the atmosphere to hold more water if it gets warmer.
This is Keen St in #Lismore. The Wilson River is expected to peak at 14.4m this afternoon – more than TWO metres higher than 1974 peak (12.15 m) and February 1954 (12.27m) @nbnnews @9NewsSyd pic.twitter.com/krAxZE5rYI
— Olivia Grace-Curran (@livgracecurran) February 28, 2022
Simon Bradshaw at the Climate Council of Australia says that because of climate change, we are seeing more rain in the form of intense and heavy downpours.
Gladys Berejiklian described the flooding on the east coast in March last year as a 1-in-100-year event.
The east coast had its worst wildfires on record.
14 years ago, the Australian government commissioned a report to make predictions about extreme events. It said that climate change would cause more fires and floods in Australia.
Australia is close to last in global rankings of climate change action.
The last few years have brought home the reality of climate change in Australia.
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