Overall Green Flood
in Australia

Flood impact summary

This flood is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID: 1103710
Deaths: 0
Displaced: 7
Region: Queensland, Townsville QLD
Countries: Australia
From - To 11 Jan - 19 Jan
Known identifiers for this event:

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS score click here.

Impact Assessement as of 18-01-2026

SENDAI Indicator B N Country Location Info
affected 200 Australia Eungella QLD
affected 20 Australia Wye River VIC
displaced 7 Australia Finch Hatton QLD
rescued 8 Australia Clermont QLD
rescued 20 Australia New South Wales
rescued 2 Australia Townsville QLD
SENDAI Indicator C N Country Location Info
houses damaged 20 Australia Wye River VIC
houses damaged 3 Australia Great Mackerel Beach NSW

Satellite Observation

Satellite-based Flood extent provided by GLOFAS
Overall of the satellite-based flooded area from / to : 2026-01-04 / 2026-01-26  

Sunday 04/01Monday 05/01Tuesday 06/01Wednesday 07/01Thursday 08/01Friday 09/01Saturday 10/01Sunday 11/01Monday 12/01Tuesday 13/01Wednesday 14/01Thursday 15/01Friday 16/01Saturday 17/01Sunday 18/01Monday 19/01Tuesday 20/01Wednesday 21/01Thursday 22/01Friday 23/01Saturday 24/01Sunday 25/01Monday 26/01

Timeline of revisions

For accessing reports of previous advisories, please click on the advisory number in the table below.

IDLevelPopulation affectedStart DateEnd DateSource
1 0 deaths and 7 displaced 11 Jan 2026 13 Jan 2026 GLOFAS
2 0 deaths 14 Jan 2026 16 Jan 2026 GLOFAS
3 0 deaths 17 Jan 2026 19 Jan 2026 GLOFAS
4 0 deaths 16 Jan 2026 18 Jan 2026 GLOFAS

Flood polygons

This polygon (translucent blue with a blue border) is drawn by the analysts recording the flood event. It is meant to include all the areas reported as affected, by official source or the media. It does not represent the area actually under water.

Microwave flood detection

Flooded area, as detected in microwaves by the Global Flood Detection System of the JRC, based on NASA TRMM/GPM observations. This system has a rather low resolution (of 5-10km) but is not affected by clouds.
For more details, see http://www.unisdr.org/files/9622_LBNA23303ENC002.pdf.
The areas with a flood signal along the coast are an artefact of the system and should not be considered.

Optical Flood detection

Flooded area as detected in optical wavelengths by NASA/MODIS, known as "MODIS Flood Product". Data are made available by NASA GSFC Flood Mapping Project, http://oas.gsfc.nasa.gov/floodmap/index.html. Resolution of 250m, heavily affected by cloud cover.