An intense weather system brought more than a month's worth of rain to the southeast of Australia this week. It comes after flooding in March and April on the east coast resulted in $3.3 billion worth of damage. So why is there so much rain?
The crisis comes after flooding in March and April on the east coast resulted in A$4.8 billion in insured damage, according to the Insurance Council of Australia.Victoria has been the state hardest hit by the current floods, with several rivers in the state at major flood levels.
In the west of Melbourne, a flood clean-up was underway after the Maribyrnong River burst its banks on Friday, bringing flooding to suburbs near the central business district. Another contributor is the Indian Ocean Dipole - a climate phenomenon that affects rainfall patterns near the Indian Ocean, including Australia. It turned negative in May, increasing the chances of above-average rainfall for most of Australia in the September-November spring.
Compounding the situation were storm cells that brought recent heavy rains to the nation's east, he said. "You have basically bad weather, storm and rain systems."For the coming months, Santoso predicted conditions would ease as the effect of La Nina and Indian Ocean Dipole dissipate, especially over summer.
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