Flooding in Australia

Reading about the flooding in Eastern Australia during October. I hope everyone is making out OK! Best wishes!

Generally, the majority of people living along the Eastern Coast of Australia are situated on higher ground and are not affected.
Unfortunately there are a few townships that were built more than a hundred years ago in low lying areas and alongside rivers, which have suffered most with the recent flooding.
The most difficult part is in 're-housing' those who may have lost or damaged their possessions and assets. We feel for them too.
The Australian Government however is doing their best to bring things back to normal as soon as possible.
Cheers, Roy

Thanks for the update, Roy!

Inland regions are also now affected by flooding. A result of months (and months) of above average rainfall (with more to come during this current La Nina cycle) soaking the ground to the extent that any more rain simply flows directly into the rivers and streams. All (or nearly all) of the inland dams in the eastern states are overflowing, something that has not been seen on such a scale for over 70 years. Just a year or two ago our longest river, the Darling River, was at its lowest level for years with millions of fish dead from lack of oxygen. Today a mass of floodwater is moving down the river - the land is so flat that it can take weeks for a flood to travel from the "top end" of the river to its mouth so local communities downstream will at least have time to prepare.

My hometown, Sydney, broke the all time (since the 1850s) annual rainfall record in early October and we have a predicted 3 more months of rain to come.

We are a nation that swings between droughts, floods and fires.

Thank you for your thoughts.