The scale of northern Australia’s record-breaking floods revealed in data and maps
by Josh Nicholas, Andy Ball and Donna Lu from World news | The Guardian on (#7464G)
Some river levels are still increasing after parts of Queensland recorded their highest three-day rainfall totals
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Dozens of sites across northern Australia have been subjected to major flooding over the past couple of days, with some river levels still increasing after parts of Queensland recorded their highest three-day rainfall totals between Sunday and Tuesday.
The map below shows the status for the more than 90 monitoring stations (many of them at different points along the same rivers) across New South Wales, the Northern Territory and Queensland showing either a minor, moderate or major flood as of Thursday morning.
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