If the flooding were a country, it would be the 31st-largest on Earth.
The Bureau of Meteorology said on Friday that the flooding had “severely impacted” more catchments spanning about 1 million sq km since prolonged downpours began drenching south-west and central Queensland on 23 March.
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To put that in perspective, Tasmania is 15 times smaller (64,519 sq km or 24,911 sq miles); the land area of the United Kingdom is 241,930 sq km, and Texas is 695,662 sq km.
The flooded area is more than four times the size of Victoria (227,038 sq km) and bigger than New South Wales (801,137 sq km). It is about the same size as Egypt and about half the size of Saudi Arabia or Mexico.
“In four days (from 23 to 26 March) parts of southern and south-western Queensland had more than their annual average rainfall,” a BoM spokesperson said.
“Widespread major flooding continues for parts of Queensland and far northern New South Wales [and] this is likely to continue for many weeks as flood waters slowly move downstream.
“Flood water will drain slowly towards Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre through the south-west Queensland catchments, with a clearer picture of what may eventuate as flood peaks begin to move downstream.”
