Severe weather warnings remain in place for parts of north-west Queensland, with heavy rain and damaging winds expected to hit the region for the rest of the weekend.
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| Short, sharp downpours such as that experienced in north-west Queensland cause considerable damage, frequently outweighing the benefits. Giru cane grower inspects the damage down to his property following the burst of rain. |
There has been flooding, roads have been cut off and some graziers have endured a sleepless night with cattle stranded in high water.
Read the ABC News story - “North-west Queensland hit with heavy rain, flooding after long-awaited downpour.”
(Heavy downpours following long dry spells such as that reported on here bring smiles to the faces of many, but it has been shown that the dry, hardened ground benefits little from such short, sharp and heavy rains as the concrete-like surface is largely impervious to the resultant water, and rather than soaking in, and so providing real benefit, it simple runs off, taking much of the rich and scarce topsoil with it - Robert McLean)
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