There were two major episodes of flooding in Queensland in 2009. One took place in northern Queensland in February, and another series of floods affected large areas of the state including Brisbane in May.
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The Queensland floods started in Queensland
Of course. All floods stop sometime. Queensland is not in a continuous period of flooding, but large-scale floods do occur in different parts of the state almost annually.
The floods in Queensland started around the 10 December.
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Drought remains an ongoing natural disaster, but early in 2009, Australia was hit badly by both bushfires in Victoria, in the south and massive floods in Queensland's north.
The most recent major floods in Queensland began in December 2010, and worsened in January 2011.
The date of the Queensland floods was 2010-2011.
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The massive and widespread Queensland floods occurred during the 2010-2011 Summer season in Australia.
Following the 2011 floods, the population of Queensland was approximately 458,000. The floods made little difference to the population, as the official death toll was around 22.
On 13 January 2010, while the floods are happening in Queensland, it is indeed raining in Melbourne.