floods in australia by samantha
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Floods in Australia
definitionA flood is fairly simple event. If more water collects in a place than the environment can absorb, a flood occurs.
The environment might be a paddock or it might b a city street. Either way, the water has nowhere to go, it
will get deeper and deeper and cause a flood.
Where in Australia
Famous examples• 1852 NSW • 1893 QLD• 1974 NT• 1955 NSW• 1990 QLD• 1916 QLD• 1929 N TAS• 1934 VIC • 1940 QLD • 1993 N-E VIC • 1998 NT• 2010 QLD• 2011 VIC
How do they occur:Lots of rain
:too much rain in a river or in a city.
Ways to prepare or warnings
• Survival kit • Putting things up high• On the radio• TV • Sand bags• Stocking up on fresh food and water•
Effects on people
• Loss on homes • People drown• Loss of family • Loss of livestock• Loss of things
Effects on the environment
• Crops will be buried and rot• Cattle will drown• Fences will come out of the ground and will
float away• Trees and plants will come out of the ground