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A decade after the flood that caused 33 deaths and left a damage bill of about $2.3 billion, the engineers have finally responded to their detractors.
A decade after the flood that caused 33 deaths and left a damage bill of about $2.3 billion, the engineers have finally responded to their detractors.
What astounds about floods in Brisbane is that they continue to take us by surprise FriFriday 15 Brisbane has flooded many times — this is Charlotte Street in 1893. ( Share Print text only Cancel A decade ago, as Brisbane's record floods receded, many residents were left shocked and awed that such a devastating inundation could happen to a modern city. But while there is no denying Queensland's rainfall events of late 2010 and early 2011 were exceptional, Brisbane had flooded before — and it will flood again. It is a history we can ill afford to forget as we continue to live and build on ...