Australian Queensland hit powerful downpours last week. According to the authorities' estimates, there were about 500,000 square kilometers of area under water. Over 100,000 cattle have sank. Meteorologists do not have good news because further rainfall is forecast.
Last week, the Australian state of Queensland was hit by abundant downpour. Slipped rivers appeared from the banks. Officials on Tuesday informed that over 100,000 cattle – sheep, goats and horses – lost or drowned. It is a region in which the largest cattle ran in this country are located – notes the AFP news agency.
– These are only the first signs of the scale of this disaster and although these preliminary numbers are shocking, we expect that they will continue to grow as flood water has been resolved – said State Minister of Agriculture Tony Perrett on Tuesday. – Until the heart of the countries at the thought of what the inhabitants of the western part of Queensland will pass in the coming weeks and months, when they discover the full scale of losses and damage – and start a long way to start again – he added.
Hundreds of thousands of kilometers under water
The area of the area affected by the effects of the cataclysm is estimated at about 500,000 square kilometers – said Perrett. This is not much less than the surface of France (551 thousand square kilometers).
There is no information about victims in people.
Agforma's agricultural organization reported that some of the ranch could lose almost 100 percent of their herd.
Annual precipitation in a week. “We have issued numerous warnings”
The Government Meteorology Office (BOM) said that some cities recorded up to 500 liters of rain per square meter per week. That's as much as it usually rains during the year.
“Unfortunately, another rain is coming,” said Meteorologist Dean Narraore. “The reason we are so concerned is that we have issued numerous flood warnings for most Queensland,” he added.
Some of the animals survived, pressing on several small hills rising above the flood waters. Queensland fire brigade used helicopters to lose feed near survivors cut off from food.
Source of the main photo: Queensland Fire Department/Facebook