Flash flooding hits S.A.

[twyngwyn]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-31/power-cut-to-royal-adelaide-hospital-amid-severe-storms/11918...

[snow*jewel]

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@snow*jewel wrote:

We have a state of emergency due to a dangerous bush-fire.

40 plus degrees. Tomorrow will be worse conditions 😞

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Apparently they're advising ppl south of Canberra to evacuate, Snowjewel 

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Yes, those who are on rural properties south of the a.c.t.

For now, the southern most suburbs are on alert, and could face ember attacks tomorrow.

My son is in the south side. He did get some ash falling from the sky the other day. It is a huge worry. 

[debra9275]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

5.45 just began to rain, not flash flooding or anything............yet

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nothing here in Melbourne yet David...  looks like it's going to be a long wait

[lyhargr_0]

Change has hit here ( SW Vic ) down the 26 degrees, trying very hard to rain   ....... Hang on Melb, its on it way

[debra9275]

have you got heavy rain with it Lyhargr

[lyhargr_0]

Not as yet Debra, light rain falling atm, hoping it increases soon

[debra9275]

thanks Lyhargr

[imastawka]

Looking at the radar, I think it will go out across the Strait and miss Melbourne.

But storms are expected here tomorrow.

[lyhargr_0]

It was supposed to hit here around 3pm, it's FOUR hours late 

You seem to get far more rain than we do, so you should be fine

[icyfroth]

This seems to be a pattern around the world doesn't it?

California

Over the past couple of years, California lurched from its worst drought ever to disastrous, record flooding.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/04/23/california-drought-floods-worsen-climate-chang...

India

Climate change and bad policies have pushed India into a recurring cycle of floods and droughts which is threatening the country’s economic stability and environmental wellbeing. The current floods have so far killed around 250 people and displaced at least a million across four states in southern and western India.

https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/08/article/floods-after-drought-india-reels-from-extremes/

Australia

In north-west Queensland it hadn’t rained, any decent rain, for more than five years.

When the downpour finally came last week, graziers were elated. Now it’s feared up to 500,000 cattle, mostly from severely drought-stressed herds, have been killed in widespread flood waters.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/feb/11/up-to-500000-drought-stressed-cattle-killed-i...

Africa

Over the last 30 years in Somalia, recurrent droughts and floods have become more intense, frequent and unpredictable, linked to climate change. In October, Somalia has been devastated by floods, affecting over half a million - or 574,000 - people. Hundreds of thousands of them have been forced to leave their homes and many of them are in dire need of clean water, shelter, health and food supplies.

https://reliefweb.int/report/somalia/somalias-deadly-drought-flood-cycle

[lyhargr_0]

Good, steady rain happening here now Debra    ...... hoping it continues for a while