Floods in Australia

definitionA flood is fairly simple event. If more water collects in a place than the environment can absorb, a flood occurs.

The environment might be a paddock or it might b a city street. Either way, the water has nowhere to go, it

will get deeper and deeper and cause a flood.

Where in Australia

Famous examples• 1852 NSW • 1893 QLD• 1974 NT• 1955 NSW• 1990 QLD• 1916 QLD• 1929 N TAS• 1934 VIC • 1940 QLD • 1993 N-E VIC • 1998 NT• 2010 QLD• 2011 VIC

How do they occur:Lots of rain

:too much rain in a river or in a city.

Ways to prepare or warnings

• Survival kit • Putting things up high• On the radio• TV • Sand bags• Stocking up on fresh food and water•

Effects on people

• Loss on homes • People drown• Loss of family • Loss of livestock• Loss of things

Effects on the environment

• Crops will be buried and rot• Cattle will drown• Fences will come out of the ground and will

float away• Trees and plants will come out of the ground