Victoria floods 2011

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The overflowed Werribee River at Werribee

Heavy rains from January 12-14, 2011 flooded large parts of western and central Australia . The floods were particularly severe in Queensland and Victoria , especially the northern and central areas.

Many of the cities in Victoria were already affected by floods in September 2010, but the 2011 flood was far more devastating. The flooded area was four times larger than then. This resulted in thousands of evacuations by the State Emergency Service (SES). On January 18, more than 51 cities and towns in Victoria were affected by the flood, over 1,730 buildings were flooded and over 17,000 residential buildings were without electricity.

Affected regions and places

The cities and towns of Horsham , Shepparton and Swan Hill as well as Charlton , Rochester , Carisbrook , Beaufort , Glenorchy , Rupanyup , Echuca , Bridgewater on Loddon , Creswick , Clunes , Kerang , Warracknabeal and Skipton were hardest hit .

The floods destroyed numerous roads and hundreds of road and rail links were cut. The floods devastated 51,700 hectares of pasture, 41,200 hectares of arable land and 6,106 sheep drowned. The Victoria Chamber of Commerce and Farmers Union estimated the damage in the hundreds of millions of A $ s and the Department of Primary Industries later estimated the economic damage to be A $ 2 billion.

Kevin Parkyn, chief meteorologist for the Australian Bureau of Meteorology , said that after a week of heavy and heavy rains, Victoria was going through one of the worst floods in the state's history, and after Terry Ryan, the meteorologist in charge of the Bureau of Meteorology's forecast the floods, in terms of water depth and extent, the worst on record in West Victoria. The Prime Minister of Victoria Ted Baillieu classified the floods among the largest in national history.

background

The strongest La Niña , falling since 1973, caused flooding in Victoria and Queensland. It was the heaviest rainfall in January ever reported in Australia's history.

A deep trough over the southeast of Australia resulted in tropical rainfall over the north of Australia and a record of over 96% humidity. Heavy rainfall and storms formed over Victoria and also over northern Tasmania , western New South Wales and eastern areas of South Australia .

During the continuous rain over Victoria, flash floods developed, which flooded Halls Gap and Beaufort and destroyed commercial and residential buildings. Whereas in the past the water only swelled when the precipitation subsided, the watercourses overflowed their banks immediately and a quick evacuation was necessary. Despite clearing weather, the floods continued to spread in January and February 2010, developing into what is known as the inland sea, which stretched across the agricultural land of northwest Victoria.

Early warning and evacuation

Raging rivers led to evacuations in many other cities in central and western Victoria.

Affected rivers

Affected settlements

  • Beaufort - Streams that flow into Lake Beaufort burst their banks, flooding the city's main roads and over 70 apartment buildings.
Flooded Yarrowee River between the suburbs of Ballarat Redan and Mount Pleasant on January 13th
  • Ballarat - the rainfall record of 95 millimeters per m² led to the flooding of the Yarrowee River catchment area. Twenty homes in the metropolitan area and 10 in the suburbs of Miners Rest were flooded when Burrumbeet Creek burst its banks. This also affected the residential areas in Alfredton and Delacombe . The overcrowding of Lake Wendouree occurred again for the first time after 2002, as the lake had already been filled with water in 2010 after the dry period since 2007. The Yarrowee River and Creswick Creek swelled without causing serious damage.
  • Bridgewater On Loddon - reached the top of the tide twice, the first on January 14th and the second the following day. The water penetrated into about 50 houses as well as the police station, caravan park, hotel and other commercial buildings.
  • Carisbrook - a total of 275 houses were up to one and a half meters under water.
  • Charlton - more than 400 homes were flooded. A substation had to be shut down, which affected 8,000 electricity consumption points in the city.
  • Creswick - Evacuated after Creswick Creek overflowed its banks and flooded the city center. 35 residential and commercial buildings were damaged by the largest flood in the history of the city.
  • Echuca - 200 unprotected houses were flooded on January 16 when the top of the water reached its highest point.
  • Halls Gap - evacuated after a flash flood and landslides cut the city apart.
Flooded Firebrace Street in Horsham on January 19th
  • Horsham - The flood split the city in two and flooded 600 houses. The areas near the center were three feet under water. The flooding has been described as a 200 year event.
  • Kerang - Levee was abandoned on January 19th as the flood displaced nearly 4,000 people.
  • Melbourne - The flash flood of the Yarra River , which overflowed at South Yarra , and that of the Maribyrnong River , flooded the streets of Footscray , South Melbourne , North Melbourne , St Kilda , Research , Tarneit and Maribyrnong .
  • Newbridge - The flooding devastated major areas of the Newbridge Recreation Reserve .
  • Rochester - the worst flood in the history of the place, flooding 200 houses representing 80% of the parish.
  • Serpentine
  • Shepparton (and Mooroopna ) - over 50 houses were flooded and 500 houses cut off from the outside world
  • Skipton - was flooded by 1 meter high water, affected the town's main street, a pub, a supermarket, a pharmacy and 9 residential and 20 commercial buildings. This city had already been badly hit by the 2010 flood.
  • Swan Hill
  • Warracknabeal

Infrastructure

Road closings

Further damage

The flood also affected the electricity supply. The households that were supplied by the Charlton Power Station no longer received electricity because this power station was flooded by the water and switched off.

dead

On January 18, a police officer found the body of a boy on the Goulburn River who had been missing on a Billabong since January 17 in Shepparton , northeast Victoria.

Reactions

The Australian Defense Force (ADF) assisted the Victorian State Emergency Service (VICSES) from January 14, 2011.

Victoria Prime Minister Ted Ballieu came to the affected areas on Jan. 17 and pledged A $ 7 million in aid, including A $ 5 million for necessary cleanups and restoration and A $ 1 million public support for the Red Cross . On January 18, the federal government pledged A $ 4 million recovery aid.

Four platoons of the 4th Reserve Response Force (4RRF), under the command of the Headquarters of the 4th Brigade of Australia , were deployed in command under the Rapid Impact Assessments (RIA) to gather information on the impact of the flooding on the community and private infrastructure.

The ADF staff provided 200,000 sandbags, various emergency aid facilities, fuel, sand, water and beds for many of those affected by the flood. The RAAF transported 76,000 ADF sandbags from Townsville and Brisbane to Melbourne from January 22-23 .

On January 24th, the Rapid Impact Assessments were fully available in the cities of Charlton, Hamilton, Glenorchy, Halls Gap, Rochester, Bridgewater, Carisbrook, Dunolly, Clunes, Creswick, Appin South, Kerang West, Skipton, Newbridge and Horsham. On the same day, the ADF provided two Seahawk helicopters to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and 40 land vehicles to investigate the consequences of the flood.

The Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard of the ( Australian Labor Party ), first came to the flooded area of ​​Victoria on January 28, 2011. Ted Ballieu of the Liberal Party , the incumbent Prime Minister of Victoria, publicly criticized the Prime Minister for forgetting her home state because she had sparked a controversial discussion about remedying the consequences of the flooding of devastated Queensland.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sue Hewitt: Thousands evacuated in Victoria as rising flood waters go north . In: Courier Mail , News Limited, January 15, 2010. Retrieved January 18, 2011. 
  2. ↑ a b Nervous wait for flood-affected Horsham . In: ABC News , Australian Broadcasting Corporation, January 18, 2011. 
  3. ^ A b Cameron Stewart: New Victorian flood front ruins farm sector . In: The Australian , January 20, 2011. 
  4. ↑ Floods cause power outages in Victoria . In: Herald Sun , January 14, 2011. Retrieved January 24, 2011. 
  5. ↑ a b Darren Gray and David Rood: Victorian damage bill to hit $ 2bn The Age of January 26, 2011
  6. ^ A b Jeff Turnbull: More Victorian towns to be evacuated . In: The Age , January 15, 2011. "Victoria is experiencing one of its worst flood events in its history after a week in which rainfall totals have been smashed in parts of Victoria" 
  7. ↑ Stephen Cauchi: Wettest month in history for state's north and west . In: The Age , Fairfax Media, January 16, 2011. Retrieved January 18, 2011. “It's the worst flood in western Victoria in their history as far as our records go in terms of the depth of water and the number of places affected " 
  8. ^ Richard Willingham: Significant financial hit to state, Baillieu warns . In: The Age , Fairfax Media, January 18, 2011. "one of the biggest floods in the state's history" 
  9. ↑ La Nina to break down later this year . In: ABC News Online , Australian Broadcasting Corporation , Jan. 1, 2011. 
  10. ↑ Thomas Hunter: Victorians warned to prepare for more floods . In: The Age , January 12, 2011. Retrieved January 18, 2011. 
  11. ^ Micaela Weber: Western NSW should prepare for more heavy rain . In: Weatherzone , Fairfax Media, January 13, 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2011. 
  12. ^ Wind, rain and storms batter southeast Australia . In: Weatherzone , Fairfax Media, January 13, 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2011. 
  13. ↑ Record January rainfall causes flooding in the southeast . In: Weatherzone , Fairfax Media, January 14, 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2011. 
  14. ↑ a b Scott, Edwina La Nina to continue into autumn ( Memento of October 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Ninemsn. January 20, 2011
  15. ^ Russell, Mark Frustration rising on state front line The Age. January 30, 2011
  16. ↑ Amelia Harris: Towns evacuated, major river warnings issued as floods sweep Victoria . In: Herald Sun , January 14, 2011. 
  17. ↑ a b Thomas Hunter: SES orders residents out amid flood warnings . In: The Age , January 14, 2011. 
  18. ^ Matt Neal: Allansford, Jubilee Park residents evacuated . In: The Standard . January 17, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2011.
  19. ↑ : Anna Hipsley west north-Flood fears remain in Victoria's . In: ABC News , Australian Broadcasting Corporation, January 18, 2011. 
  20. ↑ a b Kerang evacuating as levees compromised . In: ABC News . Australian Broadcasting Corporation. January 19, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2011.
  21. ^ Yarra River bursts its banks . In: The Daily Telegraph , January 14, 2011. Retrieved January 18, 2011. 
  22. ↑ Dellaram Jamali: Beaufort: More than 100 people evacuated . In: The Courier , Farfax Media, January 15, 2011. Retrieved January 18, 2011. 
  23. ↑ http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2011/01/14/3112597.htm?site=melbourne
  24. ↑ Benjamin Preiss: Miners Rest: Floods take residents by surprise . In: The Courier , Farfax Media, January 15, 2011. Retrieved January 18, 2011. 
  25. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from March 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  26. ↑ Dellaram, Jamali Workers assess flood damage The Courier of 18 January 2011
  27. ↑ Erin Williams: Ballarat region floods as record rains fall . In: The Courier , Farfax Media, January 15, 2011. Retrieved January 18, 2011. 
  28. ^ Whitney: Victorian flood cost soars . In: Bendigo Advertiser . January 17, 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
  29. ↑ http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/lunches-lift-carisbrook-locals/2055175.aspx
  30. ^ Gary Tippett: Charlton residents flee as Rochester braces for worst floods in history . The Age. Retrieved January 15, 2011.
  31. ↑ 6500 properties remain without power in Victoria . In: Herald Sun , January 18, 2011. 
  32. ^ Evan Schuurman: Creswick: Residents survive second flooding . In: The Courier , Farfax Media, January 15, 2011. Retrieved January 18, 2011. 
  33. ↑ Brendan Gullifer: Clunes: Rising water hits 35 houses and businesses . In: The Courier , Farfax Media, January 15, 2011. Retrieved January 18, 2011. 
  34. ↑ Fogarty, Daniel Floodwaters inundate Echuca Herald Sun on January 17, 2011
  35. ^ Paul Millar: Flash flooding hits Victoria . In: Sydney Morning Herald , January 14, 2011. 
  36. ↑ http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/sandbags-stem-horsham-flood-crisis-20110118-19ucp.html
  37. ^ Howard, Jonathan Newbridge damage assessed Bendigo Advertiser, January 2, 2011
  38. ↑ http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/01/17/3114474.htm?site=ballarat
  39. ↑ Emma Brown: Town businesses left reeling . In: The Age , January 15, 2011. 
  40. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from April 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  41. ↑ http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/victoria-floods-cause-road-closures/story-e6frfku0-1225987647411
  42. ↑ http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/victoria-floods-cause-road-closures/story-e6frf7jx-1225987647411
  43. ↑ http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/floods-cause-power-outages-in-victoria/story-e6frf7jx-1225987587386
  44. ↑ http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-depth/queensland-floods/swan-hill-dry-but-long-isolation-likely/story-fn7iwx3v-1225995090975
  45. ^ Missing boy's body found . In: ABC News , Australian Broadcasting Corporation, January 18, 2011. 
  46. ^ Flood relief for Victorian councils . In: Government News , Intermedia Group, January 17, 2011. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved January 18, 2011. 
  47. ↑ a b c d ADF lifts support to the Victorian flood response . In: Ministerial Support and Public Affairs, Department of Defense . Department of Defense. January 24, 2011. Retrieved January 24, 2011.
  48. ↑ http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2011/01/28/3124231.htm
  49. ↑ http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/ted-baillieu-expresses-fears-over-pms-plan/story-fn59niix-1225995756820