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 1101879
Death: 0
Displaced: 700
Countries: Australia
From - To 01 Mar - 07 Mar

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Australia - Floods (ECHO 03 Mar 2023)Fri, 03 Mar 2023 11:12

  • Over the past few days, widespread floods triggered by heavy rainfall occurred across Northern Territory (northern-central Australia) resulting in evacuations and damage.
  • According to media reports, at least 700 people have been evacuated in Daguragu, Kalkarindji, Pigeon Hole and Palumpa in the Victoria Daly Region due to floods and the overflow of the Victoria River.
  • For the next 24 hours, moderate to heavy rainfall with localized thunderstorms is forecast across the affected state particularly over the northern parts.
Australia - Floods (ECHO 14 Mar 2023)Tue, 14 Mar 2023 11:14

  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting northern Australia (in particular the northern Northern Territory and the neighbouring far northern Queensland) since 10 March, causing floods and the rising of rivers that have resulted in evacuations and damage.
  • Media report, as of 14 March, at least 170 evacuated people and nearly 40 damaged houses across Burketown (the most affected), Riversleigh, Gregory Downs, Doomadgee, and Normanton Towns (all of these in the far northern Queensland, near the coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria). The Burketown airport was reported flooded and closed. In addition, several communities have been cut off across the Victoria Daly Region (Northern Territory).
  • Over the next 24 hours, moderate rainfall is forecast over the already affected area. The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has issued two major flood warnings over northern Queensland.
Queensland, Australia, March 2023Heavy rain of over 300 mm in 24 hours caused flooding and landslides in the Far North of Queensland on 06 March 2023. Local media reported several major roads were closed due to landslides and fallen trees. One person was rescued from a vehicle trapped in flooding near Cairns.Mon 6 Mar 2023FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
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More than 100 families moved out of flood danger zone2023-03-10T04:43+0100.

Over 100 flood-impacted home settlements have now been finalised under the $741 million Resilient Homes Fund, from the Albanese and Palaszczuk Governments. The program allows home-owners who were affected by the floods to sell their home fo
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Mozambique is under water as Freddy, oldest tropical storm ever, comes ... 2023-03-09T14:20+0100.

This week the World Meteorological Organization awarded tropical cyclone Freddy, with its "incredible and dangerous journey" that has been zigzagging between Madagascar and Mozambique for weeks now, the record for the longest-lasting tropic
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Scientists to probe impacts of Murray flooding2023-03-08T00:41+0100.

A series of research projects will look at how River Murray environments in South Australia are responding to the once-in-a-generation flood. SA's Department for Environment and Water is working with the Goyder Institute for Water Resear
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Scientists to probe impacts of Murray flooding2023-03-08T00:25+0100.

A series of research projects will look at how River Murray environments in South Australia are responding to the once-in-a-generation flood. SA's Department for Environment and Water is working with the Goyder Institute for Water Resear
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