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KEY FINDINGS

* The floods have been assessed as one of the most extreme disasters in Australia's history.

* Climate change was found to be firmly embedded in the disaster, compounding the effects of shorter-term meteorological factors, link alternatif 188bet including the influence of La Nina.

* The likelihood and 188bet ทาง เข้า intensity of extreme and highly destructive events such as the floods is increasing with climate change.

* The world has already warmed by 1.1C, meaning the atmosphere can hold about seven per cent more moisture.

* Every additional degree of warming will add another seven per cent.

EXTREME IN NATURE

* Some parts of southeast Queensland and northern NSW had more than one metre of rain in the week leading up to March 3.

* Southeast Queensland got 80 per cent of its average yearly rainfall in three days.

* Vastly more water flowed into Queensland 188bet ฟรีเครดิต 2020 catchments, and 188betสํารอง in a shorter amount of time, than what was seen in the 2011 floods.

* The Brisbane River below Wivenhoe dam gained about 1450 billion litres of water in less than three days, enough to fill Sydney Harbour three times.

* The Wilsons River in NSW's Northern Rivers district peaked at 14.37 metres in Lismore, breaking the previous record by more than two metres.

* Places that previously escaped major ทาง เข้า 188bet flooding were inundated, 188bet thailand such as Casino in NSW.

* Rising waters sparked a record number of SES flood rescues in NSW, including 932 in one 24-hour period.

COSTS

* Insurance claims across both states have been estimated at $1.45 billion so far.

* Extreme weather disaster costs have already doubled since the 1970s.

* Floods are Australia's most expensive extreme weather event, accounting for 29 per cent of economic damages over the past decade.

* Between 2010 and 188betสํารอง 2019, floods caused more than $10 billion of damage.

* The Queensland review 188bet government has put rebuilding costs, predominantly of damaged infrastructure, at $2.5 billion.

* Queensland Treasury's initial estimates of loss of economic activity are in the order of $1 billion.

* At time of publication there were no reliable estimates on NSW economic costs because the flooding crisis is still unfolding.

* Australia's annual damage bill from extreme weather, higher seas and other climate change impacts could top $100 billion by 2038.

* As of March 8, insurers had received almost 100,000 claims for 188bet ทาง เข้า flooding in Queensland and 188bet login NSW.

SOURCE: Climate Council report: A supercharged climate: rain bombs, flash flooding and 188betสํารอง destruction, 188bet ฟรีเครดิต 2022