Overall Green alert Flood
in Australia

Event summary

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

GDACS ID FL 1103710
Death: 0
Displaced: 7
Countries: Australia
From - To 11 Jan - 19 Jan

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Queensland State, Australia, Mid-January 2026Flooding occurred in areas of northern Queensland State, Australia, after further heavy rain from mid-January 2026.Sun 18 Jan 2026Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. 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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Tropical Cyclone Warning for Northern WA 1/22/2026 6:50:00 AM.

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), NASA (3), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1),