Severe flooding – in central Australia? How a vast humid air mass could soak the desert
- Written by Steve Turton, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia
On average, Australia’s driest town, Oodnadatta, gets just 172mm of rain a year. But the small town in inland South Australia is likely to get two years’ worth of rain in a single week.
Rainfall records are likely to topple across inland areas, as rains of 150–300mm are predicted this week, following heavy rains in recent days.
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