When did the Australia floods start in 2011?

Answer 1

Beginning from around mid December 2010 and continuing through to January 2011, there were massive floods right across the state of Queensland. These floods affected a wide area, hitting cities such as Rockhampton and Emerald particularly hard, and causing mass evacuations across the state. Towns affected included St George, Mundubbera, Dalby, Theodore, Chinchilla, Gayndah, Condamine and Warwick, just to name a few. A cyclone system which crossed the coast south of Cairns brought flooding to that city at Christmas.

What has been described as an inland tsunami hit Toowoomba, at the top of the Great Dividing Range, sending a mass of water down the range to swamp the towns at the base. Helidon and Grantham were particularly hard hit. The water then made its way into Wivenhoe Dam, contributing to the dam reaching a capacity in excess of 190%. This meant a lot of water had to be released into the Brisbane River to prevent overflow of the dam. This in turn swamped Ipswich and Brisbane, leading to devastating floods in both those cities.

Answer 2

Major flooding occurred across Queensland in December 2010 and January 2011. The flash flood that poured through Toowoomba, flooding the Lockyer Valley below and resulting in the deaths of around a dozen people occurred on 10 January 2011. Water levels in the Brisbane River began to rise and, by midday on 11 January, the river was beginning to break its banks. The flood peak occurred two days later, on 13 January. Meanwhile, Rockhampton remained under floodwaters for all of January, and many other regional centres experienced flooding during the month.

Answer 3

It started on the 23rd of December 2010