
In fact, Darwin has now had a staggering 470mm of rain over a 48-hour period and there is more to come. The storm is moving very slowly and that is why we are seeing such huge rainfall totals over a similar area. In the case of Yasi the wind was as much a damaging feature as the rain. Typical rainfall totals were nearer 160mm of rain over a 24 hour period.
The other concern is the strength of the winds. Cyclone Carlos has uprooted trees and downed power lines. The storm has been classified as a category one storm and may well intensify into a category two over the next 24 to 36 hours and there-in lies the source of some confusion….
Flooding in the low-lying areas of Townsville, Queensland, shot by Rob and Stephanie Levy, Wikimedia Commons via Flickr, under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license
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