February-April 2022 disaster in New South Wales and Queensland
For the floods in July, see 2022 New South Wales floods. For the floods in October, see 2022 south eastern Australia floods.
2022 eastern Australia floods
A pedestrian tunnel flooding in Tanah Merah, a suburb in Logan, south of Brisbane
Date
23 February 2022 (2022-02-23) – 7 April 2022 (7 April 2022)[1]
Location
South East Queensland, Wide Bay–Burnett, the Northern Rivers, Central Coast and Sydney
Deaths
27, 1 missing[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Property damage
A$2.5 billion in Queensland alone[8] A$4.8 billion[9]
The 2022 eastern Australia floods were one of the nation's worst recorded flood disasters with a series of floods that occurred from late February to early May in South East Queensland, the Wide Bay–Burnett and parts of coastal New South Wales. Brisbane suffered major flooding, along with the cities of Maryborough, Gympie, the Sunshine Coast, Caboolture, Toowoomba, Gatton, Ipswich, Logan City, the Gold Coast, Murwillumbah, Mullumbimby, Grafton, Byron Bay, Ballina, Lismore, the Central Coast and parts of Sydney.
Twenty-four people are known to have died during the disaster.[10] Throughout South East Queensland and the Wide Bay–Burnett, almost one thousand schools were closed in response to the flooding,[11] evacuations took place[12] and the public were advised to avoid non-essential travel.[13] Food shortages were reported across the region, due to the ensuing supply chain crisis as well as affecting communities in outback Queensland.[14]
The flooding caused the ground across South West Queensland and North Western New South Wales to become saturated and vulnerable to even small amounts of rain.[15]
^"Queensland flood damage bill set to top $2.5 billion, according to early estimates". 7News. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
^"Woman dies in floodwater after 'scary' amount of rain hits Queensland, warnings for Brisbane River catchment". ABC News. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
^"Second person dies in south-east Queensland floodwaters as flash flooding remains a risk". ABC News. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
^"SES volunteer one of two killed in floodwaters as Queensland's weather emergency continues". ABC News. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
^Stuart Layt (27 February 2022). "Catastrophe: Six dead, others missing or being rescued". Brisbane News. Nine Entertainment Co. Pty Limited. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^"NSW floods: northern rivers residents forced to evacuate forsecond time in a month". The Guardian. 29 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
^"Police confirm second death in south-east Queensland floods and severe weather as body of man missing at North Branch found". ABC News. 29 March 2022.
^Cramsie, Elizabeth (7 March 2022). "South-east Queensland flood damage bill revised to cost up to $2.5b but return to surplus remains on track, Treasurer says". ABC News. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
^"Flood victims still waiting for repairs to be done as insurance bill hits $4.8 billion". ABC News. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^Moore, Tony (12 March 2022). "Death toll from floods reaches 22 as nationwide clean-up continues". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
^Scott, Samantha; Ripper, Felicity; Innes, Natasha; Marszalek, Jessica (27 February 2022). "FULL LIST: 986 schools closed as flood chaos continues". news.com.au. Archived from the original on 27 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^"Three killed, evacuations ordered as continuing severe weather causes chaos in south-east Queensland". ABC News. 25 February 2022. Archived from the original on 27 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^"Savage weather batters south-east Queensland with deadly flash flooding escalating". The Guardian. 25 February 2022. Archived from the original on 27 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^Pengilley, Victoria (1 March 2022). "Queensland flooding triggers fruit and vegetable shortages in outback towns". ABC news. Archived from the original on 28 February 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
^"Storms, floods forecast for Queensland's south-east". www.9news.com.au. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
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