More recently, atmospheric river activity has contributed to the February-March 2022 floods in eastern Australia when a blocking high pressure system allowed an atmospheric river to persist over southeast Queensland and northern NSW. Combined with a low-pressure region over NSW, this combination of weather systems led to devastating floods.

Aug 4, 2022 · More recently, atmospheric river activity has contributed to the February-March 2022 floods in eastern Australia when a blocking high pressure system allowed an atmospheric river to persist over southeast Queensland and northern NSW.

Feb 27, 2022 · Atmospheric rivers are like highways of water vapour between the tropics and poles, located in the first one to three kilometres of the atmosphere. They are responsible for about 90% of the water...

Aug 16, 2022 · An “atmospheric river” is a narrow, fast-flowing stream of moist air - many thousands of kilometres long, a few hundred kilometres wide, and usually traveling faster than 45 kph. It’s a giant, yet invisible, conveyor belt of water …

2 days ago · The atmospheric factors behind these floods are very similar to recent floods in the region — and climate change is no doubt playing a role. The flood level for the Herbert River at Ingham set ...

3 days ago · The atmospheric factors behind north Queensland's deadly floods are very similar to recent floods in the region — and climate change is likely playing a role. ... As river catchments get ...

3 days ago · The atmospheric factors behind these floods are very similar to recent floods in the region – and climate change is no doubt playing a role. The flood level for the Herbert River at Ingham set ...

Feb 28, 2022 · Experts believe the drenching that slammed into south-east Queensland over the past few days was caused by an “atmospheric river”. The region has been inundated since Friday, with some areas receiving as much rain in days as their expected totals for the year.

1 day ago · A prolonged marine heatwave off the coast of North Queensland is the likely climatic culprit for up to 1.5 metres of rain that drenched the coastline and caused record-breaking floods over the ...

We research a weather system called “atmospheric rivers”, which is causing this inundation. Indeed, atmospheric rivers triggered many of the world’s floods in 2021, including the devastating floods across eastern Australia in March which killed two people and saw 24,000 evacuate.