2010–2011 Queensland floods

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The 2010–2011 Queensland floods were a series of major floods that affected much of Queensland, Australia, between December 2010 and January 2011. Prolonged and extensive rainfall fell across large areas of the state on catchments already saturated by a strong La Niña event, following the wettest December on record for Queensland. As of March 2012, 33 deaths had been attributed to the floods, with a further three people missing, later declared deceased by the State Coroner in June 2012. The event ranked among the most destructive disasters in Australian history. Flooding occurred across much of central and southern Queensland, affecting every major river system south of the Tropic of Capricorn and inundating numerous towns and cities, including Rockhampton, Emerald, Bundaberg, Toowoomba, Ipswich, and Brisbane. More than 200,000 people and 41 local government areas were affected, while over 78 percent of the state was declared a disaster zone, impacting more than 2.5 million people. Approximately...

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