Queensland Flood Update – 3 Jan 2011
Posted by feww on January 3, 2011
Two More Severe Thunderstorm Warnings Issued for Queensland
Rockhampton Deluge
Up to a half of the city of Rockhampton could be affected by a 9.4m surge of floodwater as Fitzroy River crests on Wednesday, threatening more than 4,000 homes.
Death toll from flood-related incidents in Queensland has climbed to three.
“This is a major natural disaster and recovery will take a significant amount of time.” Australian PM said.
“The extent of flooding being experienced by Queensland is unprecedented and requires a national and united response.”
“Given the scale and size of this disaster and the prospect that we’ll see waters sitting for potentially a couple of weeks. We will continue to have major issues to deal with throughout January,” Queensland state Premier Anna Bligh told reporters.
The cost of flood damage may have already exceeded $10billion, FIRE-EARTH estimates.
Image Source: Japan Meteorological Agency satellite MTSAT-1R via Bureau of Meteorology. Image posted at: Sunday 3 January 2011 11:26 UTC. Click images to enlarge.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Southeast Queensland 1,
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) warns that, at 1:35 pm, severe thunderstorms were detected on weather radar near Toowoomba.
Source BOM. Click image to enlarge.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Queensland 1,
- Issued at 1:39 pm Monday, 3 January 2011.
Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce very heavy rainfall, flash flooding and large hailstones in the warning area over the next several hours. Locations which may be affected include Warwick, Toowoomba, Dalby, Roma, Kingaroy, Stanthorpe, Bollon, Oakey, Mitchell, Taroom, Rolleston and Springsure.
Links to Current Warnings
- Ocean Wind Warning 1,
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Southeast Queensland 1,
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Queensland 1,
- Flood Warning – Burdekin River,
- Flood Warning – Fitzroy River,
- Flood Warning – Condamine-Balonne Rivers,
- Flood Warning – Macintyre/Weir,
- Flood Warning – Moonie River,
- Flood Warning – Warrego River,
- Flood Warning – Thomson/Barcoo/Cooper Ck,
- Flood Warning – Gulf Rivers,
- Queensland flood warning summary.
Additional Weather Warnings for Australia
Australia UV Index today
Source BOM. Click image to enlarge.
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