Floods

I recently reported that the wet season had well and truly arrived in the Daintree, with over 700 mm of rain in five days.More recently, Jennifer published the Australian mean rainfall total for 2007 at 497 mm, slightly more than the long-term … [Read more...] about Exceptional rainfall produces exceptionally clean waterways

TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCASTQUEENSLAND TSUNAMI WARNING Issued at 8:57am on Monday the 2nd of April 2007, by the Bureau of MeteorologyFor people in coastal areas of Queensland.TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCASTTSUNAMI BULLETINTSUNAMI … [Read more...] about Queensland Tsunami Warning

Late last year there were terrible bushfires across north eastern Victoria. Max Rheese sent us a note suggesting there was a need for more prescribed burning.Now there is isolated flooding.Following is a note and some photographs from Ralph … [Read more...] about Licola Flood: A Note from Ralph Barraclough