Australian residents face devastating floods

Sawyer Herdina, Journalist • February 12, 2025

The flooding in Australia created large amounts of terrible events. Here is an example of the aftermath of a highway during flooding. more than 100 evacuated during flooding by APNews.com is licensed under CC by 4.0

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After facing record rainfall, Australia’s northeast rose for a third day, as of February 3rd authorities have warned civilians to brace for further destruction.

One person drowned on Sunday in the floods and thousands living on the shoreline seek higher ground and shelter and are under immediate evacuation after nearly a whole summer’s worth of rainfall in just a couple of days. According to CNN, the floods are vastly impacting the coastal region, spanning 456 miles of coast

Residents in Need

Residents in Australia carry their belongings through floodwater. One Dead in Australia Floods by https://epaimages.com/ is licensed under CC by 4.0

State disaster Coordinator Chelepy said on Monday that they received 480 calls for assistance overnight. Response teams have been working around the clock saving people in need and have saved 11 swift water rescues of people trapped in their homes, or their cars while floodwaters rise fast.

According to BBC, the city of Townsville, which has a population of 198,143 was hit by devastating floods in 2019 and was labeled as a “one-in-a-hundred-year event”. It is said that the current flooding matches the same event that happened in 2019. This is also the third time in the past six years that Townsville has been hit by record-breaking floods. Rescue efforts have been halted after the collapse of a bridge along the Bruce Highway, a major road that is a staple way from getting south to far north of the state.

Residents fleeing before more flooding occurs. 152 rescued from the flood in eastern Australia by APPhotos is licensed under CC by 4.0

Rainfall

Intense rainfall events are getting more intense and more frequent as the world warms due to the pollution from fossil fuels and the consequences of the climate crisis. thankfully relief for the residents is in sight because rainfall is expected to calm down within a few days but residents in some areas have been warned to expect more heavy rainfall and flooding. The intense rains have flooded many rivers throughout the coast and authorities have been forced to release floodwater on spillways on the Ross River Damn to release the pressure on the damn.