Overall Green alert Flood
in Australia

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1101826
Death: 0
Displaced: -
Countries: Australia
From - To 24 Jan - 24 Jan

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Southern Victoria, Australia, Late January 2023Storms hit parts of the state of Victoria in Australia on 24 January 2023. Storm damage caused power outages to 7,000 homes. ?Emergency services responded to a number of flooding incidents in Geelong and Corio. The Victorian State Emergency Service ?said they have received 114 calls for assistance, 65 of those have been for flooding.Tue 24 Jan 2023FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 75 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Extreme weather2023-01-28T00:18+0100.

The widespread flooding led to evacuations, airport and road closures, and the cancellation of an Elton John concert. 1 hour ago; by Praveen Menon Lucy Craymer and Laura Chung A child has been struck by lightning at a beach near Shellharbo
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Extreme weather2023-01-27T12:47+0100.

The widespread flooding led to evacuations in New Zealand’s biggest city, closing the airport and forcing the cancellation of an Elton John concert. 6 minutes ago; by Praveen Menon and Lucy Craymer A child has been struck by lightning at a
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NSW set for a wild week of storms with risk of flash flooding2023-01-26T20:27+0100.

Severe thunderstorms are likely to continue across the state into at least the middle of next week, continuing a spell of dangerous storms that began on Monday. Thunderstorms have already generated tens of thousands of lightning strikes ove
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NSW SES volunteers receive Australia Day Honours after record breaking ... 2023-01-26T02:40+0100.

Two NSW State Emergency Service (NSW SES) volunteers have been awarded an Emergency Service Medal (ESM) in the Australia Day Honours list. Receiving the prestigious award were: Local Commander for Clarence Valley Cluster, Chief Inspector, S
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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),