Australia flooding

Aussie hydrologist predicts floods … again*

With another summer of catastrophic flooding in southern Queensland and New South Wales coastal regions, it is time to consider if these events are predictable and if more evasive action is possible by government in the short, medium or long term.

After the Brisbane floods of 2011, ABC Brisbane’s radio host, Steve Austin, interviewed Professor Stewart Franks, then Associate Professor at the University of Newcastle. They discussed the emerging understanding within the scientific community of…

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