Floodwaters to create Australia's largest lake in 15 years
By Tom Saunders
The deluge which battered south-west Queensland is now draining downhill to a catchment area five times the size of the UK.
This is so great. Today I heard of another farm stay re-opening already in southern #queensland after the recent #floods
Those folks are resilient but they need our support if and when when we can 
#tourism #Cunnamulla
https://www.charlotteplains.com.au/
‘Getting Heavier’: Climate Change Primes Storms to Drop More Rain https://www.byteseu.com/903989/ #Climate #ClimateChange #floods #GlobalWarming #GreenhouseGasEmissions #rain #SoutheasternStates(US)
Nearly half of Indonesia’s peatlands are vulnerable to flooding due to degradation from exploitation, with 6 million hectares (15 million acres) — twice the size of Belgium — highly at risk.
Peatland drainage, subsidence and fires have significantly reduced the water retention capacity of these carbon-rich ecosystems, leading to inland and coastal flooding, particularly in Sumatra and Borneo.
By Hans Nicholas Jong
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/indonesias-peatlands-face-growing-flood-risks-amid-widespread-degradation/
Floods devastate normally arid parts of Australia’s Queensland https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/04/floods-devastate-normally-arid-parts-of-australias-queensland/
Bigger than Texas: the true size of Australia’s devastating floods https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/05/bigger-than-texas-the-true-size-of-australias-devastating-floods
My Country
– Dorothea Mackellar
‘…Core of my heart, my country!
Land of the Rainbow Gold,
For flood and fire and famine,
She pays us back threefold –
Over the thirsty paddocks,
Watch, after many days,
The filmy veil of greenness
That thickens as we gaze.’
Bigger than Texas: the true size of Australia’s devastating floods
"In outback Queensland, an area four times the size of the UK has been inundated with torrential rain, leaving many cut off or forced to abandon homes"
Chopper pilots 'angels from the sky' to flooded outback Queenslanders
By Peter Quattrocelli
Helicopter pilots saved the lives of Queenslanders as floodwater tore through their towns. Now they are providing life-saving supplies to isolated communities and their livestock.
'Heartbreaking' floods swamp Australia's cattle country https://phys.org/news/2025-04-heartbreaking-swamp-australia-cattle-country.html
NWS:
"Significant and potentially historic rainfall will begin Wednesday afternoon, with numerous rounds of heavy rain continuing into the first half of the weekend, leading to potentially catastrophic flash flooding"
Schools close as NSW communities brace for significant flash flooding
By Keely Johnson and Liana Boss
Close to a dozen schools have been closed and some residents are being told to prepare for isolation ahead of flooding expected in the state's north-west.
Outback 'boneyards' emerging, more rain to come for flooded Queenslanders
By Hannah Walsh
Queenslanders displaced by catastrophic flooding are sitting tight as they wait to return to their homes, but it is already clear that the road to recovery will be long and difficult.
Plea for aviation fuel as flooded outback graziers brace for huge stock losses
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-31/floodwater-outback-qld-helicopters-drop-supplies/105114730
From CBSNews.com: 3 dead, more than 200 rescued in South Texas after flooding
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/south-texas-border-flooding-deaths/
Pro Tip for conservatives who are confused.
Praying to #god or #trump or #republicans to save you from #floods, #wildfires, #tornadoes, #disease doesn't work.
#science #knowledge and a #responsive #government that actually cares about your health and welfare is the way a #civilized society responds to threats against you and your loved ones.
South Texas inundated with 19 inches of flooding rain, water rescues underway
Dozens of water rescues were reported in southern Texas as more than 19 inches of rain flooded the area.
By Jesse Ferrell, AccuWeather meteorologist and senior weather editor
Published Mar 28, 2025
https://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/south-texas-inundated-with-19-inches-of-flooding-rain-water-rescues-underway/1760071
#ExtremeWeather #Texas #Floods
Queensland communities cut off by flood waters after up to a year’s worth of rain dumped across outback
BoM issues flood warnings, with a slow-moving low-pressure system forecast to bring more rain as far south as northern NSW
More than 150 ‘unprecedented’ #climatedisasters struck world in #2024 - #UN
#Floods, #heatwaves and supercharged #hurricanes occurred in hottest #climate human society has ever experienced
#WMO's report on 2024, hottest year on record. Heatwaves in Japan left hundreds of thousands of people struck down by heatstroke. Soaring temps during heatwaves peaked at 49.9C at Carnarvon in Western Australia, 49.7C in city of Tabas in Iran, and 48.5C in nationwide heatwave in Mali.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/19/unprecedented-climate-disasters-extreme-weather-un-report
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred sparks call to cyclone-proof homes as far south as northern NSW
"The research is really clear that cyclones and severe weather events are coming south along the Queensland and Australian coastline, and that our severe weather events will become more severe... Professor Steve Turton, a climate change expert with Central Queensland University, said homes and buildings outside traditional cyclone zones should now be subject to cyclone ratings, including in south-east Queensland and even northern New South Wales. I would suggest it needs to go down to at least Coffs Harbour." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-23/ex-tropical-cyclone-alfred-weather-preparation-storm-resilience/105074460
#FossilFuels #plasterboard #housing #cyclone #climate #infrastructure #NSW #storms #floods #disaster #CoffsHarbour #MidNorthCoast
From water pollution to blue gold
Water "“blighted by mats of algae, mountains of foam, scum, and dead fish floating on the surface. Pollution from water companies and agricultural runoff are driving the contamination, which affects all parts of the country, causing toxic algal blooms, mass die-offs of fish, and risks to human health."
"A country that once let raw sewage and industrial wastewater flow directly into its water. Today, it is 98%, and the country has a reputation for pristine swimming waters, sometimes referred to as its “blue gold” – and it’s all thanks to a complex network of sewage plants."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/17/from-sewage-and-scum-to-swimming-in-blue-gold-how-switzerland-transformed-its-waterways-aoe
#water #pollution #micropollutants #ecosystem #health #swimming #Australia #sewage #floods #runoff #ImperviousSurfaces #roads #MassMortalities #SepticTanks #sprawl #biodiversity #rivers #civilisation
