2. Introduction
Basic Facts
Further Facts and Figures
Destruction and Damage
Action
Effects
Causes
Result
CONTENTS
3. Where: Queensland, Australia
River: Fitzroy and Brunette rivers
Period of the flood: couple of months
Dec 2010 to january 2011
What, when and where
17. THE SECOND PHASE OF
FLOODING HAPPENED IN
JANUARY
AN AREA OF FLOODING THE SIZE OF FRANCE AND GERMANY (OR, TEXAS
AND NEW MEXICO) COMBINED WAS CREATED IN QUEENSLAND
18. Rockhampton, a town of
77,000 people 370 miles north
of Brisbane, lies close to the
coast, on the Fitzroy, one of
Australia's largest river
systems.
ROCKHAMPTON HIT HARD
20. All main routes to the south, north
and west of the city were cut off
by the rising water, rail lines and
the airport runways were
submerged, and floodwaters
stretched for several miles in each
direction.
ROCKHAMPTON HIT HARD
24. THE THIRD PHASE OF FLOODING
WAS TRIGGERED BY A FLASH
FLOOD
JANUARY 11, 2011
25. The flash flood, which brought a one
kilometer wide wall of water into
Toowoomba, was triggered by a
freak storm — with up to 150
millimeters (6 inches) of rain in half
an hour.
FLASH FLOOD IN TOOWOOMBA
26. Cars were transformed into “boats”
and became scrap metal as they
collided with infrastructure; giant
metal industrial bins were tossed
about as if made of paper; and
houses were torn off foundations.
31. The city is protected by a large dam
built upstream after floods
devastated the downtown in 1974,
but the reservoir was full, so officials
had no choice but to release water,
which caused flooding before the
“FLOOD”.
BRISBANE
32. MORE than 50 suburbs were flooded
as the Brisbane River rose to 4.5 m or
more above flood stage, with some
areas being completely inundated.
BRISBANE
35. 35 people dead.
In Ipswich 350 homes
Cattle, sheep and goats lost.
200,00 people are without power
6,000 homes are without power in the north.
Thousands of hectors of Agricultural land lost.
Most affected were residents of the Lockyer Valley
Town of Gympie cut off and dozens of businesses were underwater.
The rain was brought by Tropical Cyclone Oswald, affecting the N. part of New South Wales.
36. Initial estimation at around A$1 billion
Raised to $2.38 billion.
Finally $5.6 billion
Reduction in Australia's GDP A$40 billion.
Monetary damage
37.
38. $14.8m for Inquiry, "forensically examine" the chain of events.
"I see this as an investment in our future safety, an investment in
being better prepared for an event like this in the future,"
"This is very big. It's not just something which is going to occupy
our time for the next few months. It will be a question of years
as we go through the rebuilding."
The floods have been blamed on the La Nina weather pattern in
the Pacific.
Action
39. .
A difficult situation was made even
more so by thunderstorms, high
winds, raging rivers, and driving rain
that made it very hard for
helicopters and boats to reach and
rescue flood victims.
EMERGENCY SERVICES
40. Queensland's raw coal
production declined by
more one third in late
2010 and was slow to
recover. Coal railway
lines were closed and
numerous mine sites
flooded.
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• On 8 July 2014
• firm Maurice Blackburn
• class action with the NSW Supreme Court
• On behalf of 4000 flood victims.
• dams:
• Seqwater,
• SunWater
• the State of Queensland.
Legal Action
41. DISASTER & HAZARD
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
TECHNIQUES
AND
TECHNOLOGIES
ACADEMIA
FUNCTIONAL
NETWORKING
CHANNELS
INFORMATION
NETWORKING
CHANNELS
ORGANIZATION
NETWORKING
CHANNELS
COLLABORATION
COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS
Stratec Consulting
43. Coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon of climate
pattern.
During a period of La Niña, the sea surface temperature
across the equatorial Eastern Central Pacific Ocean will be
lower than normal by 3–5 °C.
This means that the temperatures are significantly low.
Unusually strong, eastward-moving trade winds and ocean
currents bring this cold water to the surface
LA NINA
52. The local wildlife was caught off-
guard by the flooding; bewildered
and hungry kangaroos moved to
high ground, and cattle were left
lost and confused by the excessive
water that inundated everything.
WILDLIFE AFFECTED
53. It was a considered a hundred year flood, floods of
this extent had occurred in 1893 and 1974.
Another affect of Global warming.
Catastrophe can be avoided by collaboration.
results
56. BBC: http://www.bbc.com/
ABC: http://abcnews.go.com/
http://masey.co/2011/01/2011-queensland-floods-big-wet/#ixzz44ZQWXMfN
http://www.couriermail.com.au
differences by: https://services.land.vic.gov.au/floods/vic_floods_ok.htm
Arial photograph http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2011/01/14/1225988/041111-grantham-flood.jpg
BABY KANGROO: http://masey.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2011-queensland-floods-the-big-wet.jpg
Pictures: http://mapsof.net/uploads/static-maps/brisbane_river_map.png
http://www.environskimberley.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Fitzroy-map_0808_copyright-Ecomap-2006.jpg
http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2013/01/21/1226558/296047-flood-maps.jpg
https://media.apnarm.net.au/139.4/img/media/images/2011/01/13/map.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Queensland_in_Australia.svg/2055px-
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http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/images/time/australia/queensland.jpg
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Presentation by Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA
Sources
Hinweis der Redaktion
Areas affected: Much of central and southern Queensland including Brisbane, Rockhampton, Emerald, Bundaburg, Dalby, Toowoomba and Ipswich.
Last :AFTERMATH: Pictures of Grantham following the devastating January floods. A Senate committee last night found Queensland could never have had enough insurance to bank against the disaster happening
This detailed astronaut photograph illustrates flooding in suburbs of the Brisbane metropolitan region.
Communities along the Fitzroy and Burnett Rivers were particularly hard hit,
The Condamine, Ballone and Mary Rivers recorded substantial flooding.
An unexpected flash flood caused by a thunderstorm raced through Toowoomba's central business district.
Water from the same storm devastated communities in the Lockyer Valley.
A few days later thousands of houses in Ipswich and Brisbane were inundated as the Brisbane River rose and Wivenhoe Dam used a considerable proportion of its flood mitigation capacity.
"But we are a strong and smart nation and we'll get through this, as we always do, by pulling together,"
The officials had warned of heavy rain, usually high tides and damaging winds, with gusts of up to 100 km/h (62 mph). Flash flood warnings have also been given.
NASA image showing swollen rivers and cloud cover.
Rockhampton seen from the air on 31 December; the Fitzroy River can be seen to have burst its banks
'Better prepared'
Flooding in the state displaced thousands, with damage initially estimated at AU$1bn (£650m). Heavy rains created a deadly inland flood that swept over Toowoomba last year without warning.
The flooding has been described by state officials as the worst in decades. Many communities, including Brisbane, are still rebuilding a year on.
Altogether the floods killed 35 people and damaged 30,000 homes and businesses.
On 8 July 2014 legal firm Maurice Blackburn lodged a class action with the NSW Supreme Court on behalf of 4000 flood victims. The legal action alleges negligence and nuisance against the operators of the dams: Seqwater, SunWater and the State of Queensland.
