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 1101696
Death: 0
Displaced: -
Countries: Australia
From - To 07 Oct - 14 Oct

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Australia - Floods, update (ECHO 19 Oct 2022)Wed, 19 Oct 2022 08:56

  • Since mid-September, floods caused by heavy rainfall and river overflow have been affecting south-eastern Australia, resulting in casualties and damage. 
  • According to media reports, two people died in Victoria, and two others in New South Wales. In Victoria, up to 85% of the houses in Rochester Town have been flooded by the overflow of the Campaspe River, while Kerang Town has been isolated by floods. In New South Wales, several regions have been subjected to multiple flooding events in 2022, and the national government has declared a natural disaster for 31 communities in the state. 
  • Evacuation orders have been issued for thousands of people in central New South Wales, and north-central Victoria, as houses and road sections have been flooded. Several rivers across south-east Australia have reached a major flooding level.
  • On 12 October, the European Commission's Copernicus Emergency Management Service has been activated in rapid mapping mode () to provide satellite maps for the areas affected by floods in New South Wales.
  • On 19-20 October, moderate to locally heavy rainfall is forecast over most of New South Wales and northern Victoria State.
Flood in Australia - JRC emergency reportWed, 12 Oct 2022 07:53

A new JRC Emergency report is now available
Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales, Australia, Mid-October 2022State Emergency Services (SES) in the state of Victoria, Australia issued evacuation orders for Seymour (197 properties under threat), Rochester (200 properties under threat) and Carisbrook (population 1,100) on 13 October 2022. Heavy rain had caused flash flooding and rivers to rise. SES received over 2000 calls for assistance and carried out 55 flood rescues. Heavy rain also hit Tasmania, with several floodwater rescues in northern Tasmania.Thu 13 Oct 2022FloodList 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

Towns could be cut off for a week as thousands flee Victoria floods11 .. 10/17/2022 9:44:00 PM.

READ MORE: ? UK Prime Minister Liz Truss under pressure after historic tax cut U-turn The sun returns and a spot of tanning and paddling is the order of the day in South Shepparton, as floodwaters could stick around for a week. "River le
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From the air, the devastation is as clearly visible as the courage 10/17/2022 9:06:00 PM.

Peter McDonald deftly manoeuvres his four-seat Cessna 172 Skyhawk through the clear skies above Rochester. It is this light aircraft that will take an anxious husband stuck in Swan Hill by rising waters to the hospital bed of his wife, who
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From the air, the devastation is as clearly visible as the courage 10/17/2022 8:04:00 PM.

Peter McDonald deftly manoeuvres his four-seat Cessna 172 Skyhawk through the clear skies above Rochester. It is this light aircraft that will take an anxious husband stuck in Swan Hill by rising waters to the hospital bed of his wife, who
...(more)
From the air, the devastation is as clearly visible as the courage 10/17/2022 8:02:00 PM.

Peter McDonald deftly manoeuvres his four-seat Cessna 172 Skyhawk through the clear skies above Rochester. It is this light aircraft that will take an anxious husband stuck in Swan Hill by rising waters to the hospital bed of his wife, who
...(more)

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),