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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b
Any of our friends down under being affected by these? I wish you luck and hope.
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There are currently floods on opposite sides of the Australian continent, although both areas are in the northern (tropical) areas. The floods in the north of my state, Western Australia, are mostly in a region which is very sparsely populated. Bear in mind Australia only has around 21 million people but we live on an entire continent. Population densities over most of the continent are very low. The floods in the NE of the continent are more serious because they cover a wider area and there are more people living in the area affected.
The truth of it is that Australia is a land of extremes. An area will go for 10 or 15 years without rain and then when the rain comes it just won't stop and you get floods. I'm not sure if you guys in the northern hemisphere are seeing any news footage of the floods but if you are you will see that many of the houses in the flooded parts of Queensland are built on stilts. Tropical cyclones and floods are a part of life in that area of the country.