Four major floods have occurred in Brisbane.
The first was on 14 January 1841. This was the biggest flood of the Brisbane River since records began with the river being approximately 8.6 metres above the high tide mark. There was limited destruction to property as the town was still very young and undeveloped.
The next major flood began on 5 February 1893. These floods came within 7cm of the 1841 levels.
The worst floods in terms of death and loss of property occurred in January 1974 when tropical Cyclone Wanda developed into a rain depression that dumped hundreds of millimetres of rain on an already saturated southeast Queensland. This flood reached a height of 5.5 m. Since the construction of Wivenhoe Dam on the Brisbane River within a few years of this flood, Brisbane was believed to be flood-proof.
The most recent major floods to hit Brisbane occurred on 11 January 2011. On this date, the Brisbane River again broke its banks. The flood was the result of a La Nina weather pattern, together with the state being saturated by the rainfall resulting from a cyclone system that hit in the north on Christmas Day 2010. Wivenhoe Dam, which was designed to prevent any further floods, exceeded 160% capacity, requiring the release of a massive amount of water, comparable to the volume of Sydney harbour.
Brisbane is the capital of Queensland.
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the biggest flood in history is the central china floods which are generally considered the deadliest natural disaster
Carolus Linnaeus a Swedish Botonist.
Edwin Dale Shutt has written: '\\' -- subject(s): Floods, History
Floods because there was no way to prevent them whereas you could douse a fire with water
Several floods in the Yellow River in China have produced death tolls of millions throughout the years Nothing else compares and this has happened on a number of occasions
The floods of 2011 are undoubtedly the worst and most widespread floods in Queensland's recorded history. It has never flooded with the same level of destruction as badly as the January 2011 floods. Whilst river levels have been higher in previous floods, the amount of devastation has been less because of the lower population levels and lower population density.
Flash floods are floods that are caused by a storm. Normal floods are caused by non-stop rain.
The Floods that happen suddenly are called Flash Floods.