What the records say
- When
- Feb 2019
- Kind
- Flood
- Coordinates
- 19.26° S, 146.82° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 2019 Townsville flood.
Summary
Four people are killed and over a thousand people remain evacuated from homes in Townsville as flooding peaks in the city, following a metre of rainfall in the first week of the month. Among the dead were two men on 4 February, and two young boys on 25 February, all from drowning.
2019 Townsville flood
2019 flood in Queensland, Australia
The 2019 Townsville flood was a major flood event that occurred in the city of Townsville and surrounding areas, on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. Townsville has endured around 20 major flooding events since colonial settlement in the 1860s, but the 2019 event was one of the worst natural disasters to ever impact the region.
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