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"Queensland’s premier has declared “day one” of a recovery that will take years
as the state prepares to wake to clear skies that should reveal the vast scale
of its outback floods.
But despite forecasts the rain will pass for soaked central and south-west
Queensland by Thursday, towns and homesteads could be cut off or at risk of
flooding for weeks to come, forecasters warned.
According to the Bureau of Meteorology’s senior meteorologist, Dean Narramore,
there will be more flooding to come after a band of rain dumped falls of
between 50mm to 100mm in the 24 hours to 9am on Wednesday across an area of
central Queensland from Mount Isa down towards Charleville, including falls of
161mm in Tambo.
“All the rainfall overnight is going to lead to prolonged flooding out west as
well as renewed river level rises,” Narramore said.
Narramore said that most of the 50mm to 100mm fell on the upper catchments of
“very large and very slow moving rivers” that were already undergoing major
flooding.
“So that will continue to feed down in the coming days and weeks,” he said.
“There’s incredible flooding out there, and likely to continue for days, if not
weeks, right across south west Queensland”.
Narramore said the new downpours – that had continued a weather event the
bureau officially dates to 23 March – were weakening as they headed south-east
and should move offshore by Wednesday evening.
Narramore said clear skies forecast for Thursday inland should reveal rivers
swollen tens of kilometres wide and muddy seas and lakes upon normally parched
plains.
“You’re going to see some incredible imagery I’m sure tomorrow from this huge
part of south-west Queensland that is currently flooded,” he said.
And as the flood waters eventually drain to the Kati Thanda- Lake Eyre or down
the Murray Darling basins, entire towns will gradually emerge from the muck."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
