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Predictive Flood mapping company helps weather the storm
The devastating Queensland floods of early 2011 were the worst in the state’s recorded history. Close to 100 communities were flooded or isolated, 33 people lost their lives and thousands lost their homes. Brisbane resident and water resource engineer Juliette...
11 May 2026
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The devastating Queensland floods of early 2011 were the worst in the state’s recorded history.
Close to 100 communities were flooded or isolated, 33 people lost their lives and thousands lost their homes.
Brisbane resident and water resource engineer Juliette Murphy describes the floods as ‘one of the most horrific things I’ve ever seen’.
‘My friend’s house was flooded so badly that water was above its peak,’ she says.
‘It was literally swallowed by the flood and it didn’t end up being covered by insurance. She had broad warnings that it would flood in Brisbane but, in a natural disaster of this scale, broad warnings still leave you in the dark.’
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