Overall Green alert Flood for Australia
in Australia

Event summary

Flood Australia can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1101593
Death: 1
Displaced: -
Countries: Australia
From - To 14 Aug - 16 Aug

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Victoria, Australia, Mid-August 2022One person died after being swept away by flash floods in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. Media also reported flooding along the Moe River at Darnum in Victoria's east which mostly affected farming areas.Tue 16 Aug 2022FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 45 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

No, Not Again! A Third Straight La Niña Is Likely Here's How You And Y ... 2022-08-19T00:21+0200.

- The Conversation) Hearts sank along the Australian east coast this week when the Bureau of Meteorology announced a third consecutive La Niña was likely this year. La Niña weather events typically deliver above-average rainfall in spring a
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Why is the northern hemisphere so hot this summer?2022-08-17T02:47+0200.

Liu Zhao Wang Liang Li Yue. This summer, "hot" is undoubtedly the most concerned keyword. Since June, high temperatures have continued in many parts of the country. Looking at the world, extreme weather and climate events represented by hig
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How climate change is pushing insurance stress to new extremes2022-08-16T21:05+0200.

It was 2:30am when the floodwaters seeped through the back door and into John and Dorothy McFadden's North Lismore home. Dorothy, who can't swim, saw the water first. "She said, 'Look, John, the water's coming in the back door.' … Within an
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El Mediterráneo tardará aún 26.000 años en expulsar su exceso de sal2022-08-13T08:27+0200.

Un nuevo estudio de la Universidad Nacional de Australia (ANU) ofrece más pistas sobre lo que le sucedió al Mediterráneo durante un período tumultuoso que probablemente incluyó el evento de inundación más catastrófico en la historia registr
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (7), WMO (1), INFORM (2),