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Articles on Brisbane floods
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The rain isn’t letting up for Australia’s east. Remarkably, the low-pressure band that drenched Brisbane is now spawning not one but two east coast lows for Sydney – more typically seen in winter.
As history shows, many natural and human factors determine how water will behave during a flood.
As someone who lost pretty much everything in the 2011 Brisbane floods and then led a study on community responses to those floods, I have some insights on what helps – and what doesn’t.
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Visiting Fellow, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor in Peace and Conflict Studies, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University
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Professor, School of Mathematical And Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer in Social Inquiry, La Trobe University
