1893 Brisbane flood
Floods in Queensland, Australia
The 1893 Brisbane flood, occasionally referred to as the Great Flood of 1893 or the Black February flood, occurred in 1893 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The Brisbane River burst its banks on three occasions in February 1893. It was the occurrence of three major floods in the same month that saw the period named "Black February". There was also a fourth flood later in the same year in June. The river runs through the centre of Brisbane with much of the population living in areas beside the river. It first flooded on 6 February 1893 due to a deluge associated with a tropical cyclone, called "Buninyong".
The second cyclone struck on 11 February 1893, causing relatively minor flooding compared to the first flood. When the third cyclone came on 19 February 1893, it was almost as devastating as the first, and it left up to one third of Brisbane's residents homeless. This time however the flood in the Brisbane River was largely from waters from the upper reaches of Brisbane River, rather than the Stanley River. The 1893 floods caused 35 deaths.
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