Did you know that even just six inches of rapidly flowing waters can take down an adult, 12 inches to topple a small car, and 24 inches to seize a large vehicle? Floods are a powerful force of nature. They are the leading weather-related devastation, killing more than 100 people every year. A majority of those deaths [...]
Queenslander's are still on edge as flood waters from ex-tropical cyclone Debbie continues to rise. Hundreds of residential homes are already affected, but we are yet to see the full impact of this calamity. If it’s flooded, avoid it Once the flood rises to dangerous levels, the safest action is to evacuate to safer ground. [...]
Although Queenslander's have been through strong cyclones before, monster Cyclone Debbie is not one to ignore. The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) forecasts Debbie to be the most destructive cyclone to ever hit Queensland since Yasi in 2011. Just how destructive can this storm be? It is said to bring damaging wind gusts of up to [...]
