Clean up begins in Giru as record flood recedes, homes spared from inundation

The clean-up is under way as record flooding from the Haughton River clears from roads and properties in Giru, south-east of Townsville.

Giru resident Rodney Jackson cleaning up as
floodwaters recede in the north Queensland town.

Roads to the town were cut as the Haughton reached a record peak of 3.1 metres late on Thursday.

Local State Emergency Service (SES) controllers said no homes were flooded, although floodwaters did reach up to a metre in some parts of the town, with many backyards and car ports flooded.

The local SES and fire station had half a metre of floodwater through their offices.

Read the ABC News story - “Clean up begins in Giru as record flood recedes, homes spared from inundation.”

Spate of extreme weather events tell a deadly tale

December witnessed a spate of extreme global weather events, from deadly tornadoes in the southern U.S. to bushfires in Australia — and the latest development is a series of record-breaking floods in the United Kingdom, brought on by torrential rain starting in the first week of the month.

Thousands of homes in the north of England are believed to have been affected already, and the region is reeling again from a new wave of flooding just brought in this week with the onset of Storm Frank.

Read The Washington Post story - “Record flooding in the U.K. is just the latest symptom of both El Nino and climate change.”