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2010–2011 Queensland floods. A series of floods hit Queensland, Australia, beginning in December 2010. The floods forced the evacuation of thousands of people from towns and cities. [2] At least 90 towns and over 200,000 people were affected. [2]
9 sty 2021 · The deadly 2011 floods thrust cars into trees, water tanks onto roads and swept away an entire town. An "inland tsunami" formed when heavy rains fell on already soaked earth killing 36 people.
Australia floods of 2010–11, natural disaster that principally affected the three eastern states of Australia and was one of the worst in the country’s history. Queensland, in the north, was hit hardest, but the widespread flooding—of a scale not seen since the mid-1970s—that began in late November.
According to the Floods Commission of Inquiry report, 33 people died in the floods and three remain missing. The death toll was greatest in Toowoomba, the Lockyer Valley and Ipswich. Others died near Townsville; Kuranda and Mareeba near Cairns; Cherbourg west of Gympie; and in Brisbane.
11 sty 2016 · In January 2011 parts of South-East Queensland including the Lockyer Valley, the Darling Downs, Ipswich and Brisbane were inundated with floodwaters, claiming the lives of 36 people.
1 lis 2011 · On 13th January 2011 major flooding occurred throughout most of the Brisbane River catchment, most severely in Toowoomba and the Lockyer Creek catchment (where 23 people drowned), the Bremer River catchment and in Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland.
In late November 2010, rain began falling in Queensland. By January 2011, extensive flooding had impacted 75 per cent of the state and a disaster zone was declared. In total, 33 people lost their lives, with three bodies never recovered and declared deceased by the State Coroner in June 2012.
