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Queensland braces for summer of devastating storms and cyclones
Queensland is bracing for a summer of more than six cyclones and destructive flooding due to a periodic weather event crossing Australia’s east coast.
The complex weather pattern, known as La Nina, has the Bureau of Meteorology warning of a severe season reminiscent of the historic floods that engulfed Brisbane in 2011 and claimed dozens of lives.
The same weather event was responsible for the devastating natural disasters that lashed the state nearly 10 years ago but the bureau says drier water catchments this time around should limit flood threats.
“The message for this severe weather season is pretty clear – we’re in a La Nina event,” according to senior meteorologist Laura Boekel, who told reporters on Monday the season outlook…
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