Australia East Coast Floods

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The south-eastern corner of Queensland (incl Brisbane) has recorded 31 areas with over 1,000 mm rain (39") within a few days.

That's 2/3 annual rainfall in 3 days.

15,000 homes inundated.

1,000 roads cut.

 

There is no doubt our friends have been affected. We can have full confidence that the Branch has moved on this to provide what is needed to those affected.

 

The "Rain Bomb" has dumped unprecedented rain in thd area. The weather system is heading south crossing the border so that cities in NSW are now experiencing record flooding. 

 

Sydney is bracing for estimated rainfall of 160mm (6.5") in the next 48 hours.

 

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw-queensland-flood-live-updates-ses-issues-evacuation-orders-as-perrottet-warns-worst-is-yet-to-come-20220301-p5a0hn.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/feb/28/queensland-floods-2022-nsw-flood-weather-forecast-brisbane-lismore-grafton-qld-flooding-what-we-know

 

Old (Downunder) Tone

 

 

 

Edited February 28, 2022 by ➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone

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Gympie KH is just one of scores that are in the affected area.

[CHecker]

Tragic, be safe Tony

[GeordieGirl]

One of my daughter's work colleague's parents live in Northern NSW and they were on their roof yesterday waiting for the SES to rescue them. 

[Tortuga]

I am so sorry to hear that!!

[GeordieGirl]

These people spent the night stuck on a bridge cut off my water on both sides. The rate the water is rising must be phenomenal for this to happen. 

They have been rescued now. 

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-01/lismore-flood-rescues-resume-as-rain-expected-to-head-south/100869912

 

 

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11 minutes ago, GeordieGirl said:

These people spent the night stuck on a bridge cut off my water on both sides. The rate the water is rising must be phenomenal for this to happen....

If you zoom in, you will see they had some horses on there as well!!!   🐎 

[➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone]

Tragic, be safe Tony

Ty. We are many hundreds of miles from the affected areas. But our family will be impacted.

Old (Downunder) Tone

[GeordieGirl]

44 minutes ago, ➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone said:

If you zoom in, you will see they had some horses on there as well!!!   🐎 

Thank you, Tony, I didn't see them before.  

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More pics:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/feb/28/lismore-flooding-before-and-after-pictures-show-the-full-scale-of-disaster
In 6 hours the rain will hit Sydney....
Old (Downunder) Tone
 

Edited March 2, 2022 by ➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone

[➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone]

Heavy Rain will continue in Sydney for today. The peak levels of 2021 have already been surpassed.   
Brisbane gets hit by wild storms during flood clean-up.
I expect this will take some weeks extending into months and years in some areas.

But it ain't over yet!

Old (Downunder) Tone
 

 

Edited March 2, 2022 by ➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone

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500,000 people under 'Evacuation Order'.

[Tortuga]

Wow! That is terrible!!!

[hatcheckgirl]

The warehouses and supermarkets have been completely flooded, so food and clean water (ironically) is running low. Helicopter drops for food, because all roads, highways and rail affected. It’s unbelievable how big the area affected is, across two states and thousands of kilometres. 

 

 

[hatcheckgirl]

Do we have any news about our brothers and sisters?

[GeordieGirl]

I feel this will eventually affect us all in Australia.  With warehouses under water and so much ruined stock, it will lead to possible food shortages, and other things, across the whole country.

Fresh food and a lot of meat and dairy is produced locally in most places, but packaged and processed food is transported from the East.  So like the floods that stopped the trains a few weeks ago and caused food shortages, better stock up now in preparation for it happening again.

[hatcheckgirl]

I was thinking the same.  Very sad.  And the farmers have lost herds of animals, fences are gone, food crops are destroyed, top soil is washed away.  This will impact our food production for a long time.  How does one recover from losing so much?  How quickly things change now...

[hatcheckgirl]

6 hours ago, hatcheckgirl said:

Do we have any news about our brothers and sisters?

 

[LindaViktoria]

So sad to see this😔

I really hope you will be fine and I pray for Jehovah to help you. 
What a pace things are happening in right now! The brothers must have so much to do organizing help to all brothers and sisters over the world in the same time. 

[Stee]

Was watching it on the news today..absolutely terrible. 😔 

 

Good thinking @GeordieGirl will stock up on a few extra items.
I’ve noticed the things I do have are just about expired. 

[The Outcast]

What about the branch office?
Does anyone have information?

[hatcheckgirl]

24 minutes ago, The German said:

What about the branch office?
Does anyone have information?

From what I can see from the flood map Bethel is not affected (hoping).  I don't have any confirmation though.

 

http://www.bom.gov.au/nsw/flood/sydney.shtml

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I have not heard any reports that affect the Branch. However, they do not readily share information either way. Lol

Old (Downunder) Tone

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From someone in the Branch

First bit of sun today.
Still in covid lockdown.
Some flooding near the backlot dams and building leaks but nothing too major.


Old (Downunder) Tone

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Pics from TV news tonight.

64 cattle swam to the farm house.

A veterinary worker thinks around 10,000 cattle lost and over 1,000 horses.

Currently the human toll stands at 14 between the 2 states.