A widespread rain event is hitting much of Australia, including the Red Centre, with Alice Springs being inundated with its heaviest rainfall in more than 20 years.
Locals have been taken by surprise as a trickle in the Todd River quickly escalated into a flood.
There were 100 millimetres of rain in just 12 hours, a shock for many who haven't seen rain like it in 21 years.
As the Todd River continued to flow throughout the day on Wednesday, the small town with a population of 30,000 people was cut in two.
A man was reported to be trapped in the rapids as his car was swept off a causeway, with police saying they had to deploy a boat to rescue the man.
It must be down to climate change then, Oh hang on; what caused the heavy rains 21 years ago then..?? Here in the UK parts of Cumbria suffered the worst floods for 120 years and the MSM were screaming they were down to guess what..?? so what caused the floods 120 years ago then, erm a weather event, we've been having them for millenia...
@wildbill3199 Says:
They needed the rain.
@alexcharlesworth7321 Says:
quick... spend a few billion dollars to stop it... or keep it going, is rain good or bad these days?
@blaisemorris1301 Says:
Its Gretas Global warming that is drying out the sky and causing this rain stuff...trust the science!
@Emsie76 Says:
Climate change 😂
@wulfeman9948 Says:
i didnt see any crocs ??
@wulfeman9948 Says:
nature
@reidspeed77 Says:
God is crying because we cannot walk on our rock🇦🇺☘💪
@micphoenix8200 Says:
Lol, the Alice Springs police, "..what the fark's a boat?"
@nathanadlam1936 Says:
Stop stop stop that’s fake news it doesn’t rain in Australia anymore
@David_Camerwrongun Says:
There's a euphemism there somewhere...
@chachi9945 Says:
I hope someone has told Greta about this
@scarseven7855 Says:
Isn't this a good thing?
@gordonwells1626 Says:
Nothing new here….a land of drought and flood….in line with sun cycles….not according to paid alarmist Flim Flannery….
@leonardsmith2198 Says:
And… here come the flies!
@maxaman64 Says:
Still a trickle for the toddy. Real big one About every 30 years if you bother to talk to the local original owners.
@macka6271 Says:
The desert will turn green and life will be everywhere co2 is a wonderful gas for life
@dougdownunder5622 Says:
Presstitutes now do weather?
@fergo8146 Says:
But Tim Flannery assured me that even the rain that falls won’t fill our rivers and dams. ABC, can you please explain?
@robertorwell5035 Says:
HAARP in action. Watch the water!!
@andersdottir1111 Says:
Women in their 30s are over-represented on news channels. I’d like to see more diversity. Personally I find their high-pitched voices annoying.
@aarongiorno1603 Says:
Georgous 😊
@raclark2730 Says:
Sensationalizing what occasionally happens in the outback. Crud.
@aarongiorno1603 Says:
Yay........
@madddevil1 Says:
Thanks climate change this is good news
@05rosebud Says:
And yet we are in the midst of a “global warming” crisis……hmmm 🤔
@knockoutrat4065 Says:
I thought the hole in the ozone layer was fixed.
@stevep9041 Says:
That must be the global warming thing they keep touting.
@selinuse-aus9561 Says:
That’s it evidence of climate change, it rained!! Also evidence of climate change no rain for past 21 years! Climate changes.
@barackblows1942 Says:
100mm is less than 4”. That’s nothing, get over it. 😂😂😂
@violatethemagistrate Says:
How is it possible to be cheery AND boring?
I'll bet this lady has a "great personality ".
@kokigephart111 Says:
No dams ,no retainment structures no forward thought. Maybe when china buys out what they don't already own they will do something like standing all the greenies up against a wall.
@kerrytodd3901 Says:
Climate change is a foot.
@maxcady9071 Says:
No rain = climate change
More rain = climate change
@purplechum9 Says:
I thought the drought was for ever?
@RB-kd2tq Says:
Today in my town we had the most beautiful day in 30 years. There is always 2 sides to the story.. For every unpleasant weather system there are thousands of pleasant weather systems, Mother Nature will forever change the climate no matter how much taxes are stolen from citizens..
@darioscotti7067 Says:
It’s because the magnetic shield is weak because of the magnetic pole shifts happening to our earth in 12 thousand year cycle! Earth discharges electric lightning and it seeds the clouds or causes wildfires ! Energy from space blasting earth and it has to discharge!! All other theories about climate bullshit! Except humans are filthy disrespectful to our earth and pollution is out of control especially plastics! C02 not reason to worry but plastics killing us all!! If governments were serious they would ban plastics!! Good luck all we are in for a ride in this solar cycle!
@pikassion420 Says:
🙏🙏🙏🙏
@buildmotosykletist1987 Says:
Situation normal for Australia..
@apuffwern6249 Says:
1 Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
@proudnationalist4260 Says:
That'll be climate change kicking in....🤣🤣
@chrissparks3254 Says:
Climate Change!
@philippawesterman8843 Says:
Climate "hits back"! 😅🤣😂
@dominicpelle7841 Says:
SURPRISE: **Extreme weather events thanks to climate change.**
@stevehisey389 Says:
Might this have anything to do with record average daily low Temps in Antartica last winter of 78 degrees below zero? Better buy some carbon credits as a souvenir.
@juanfepenarivera2013 Says:
believing in Jesuchrist you have salvatión and eternal life. read in the holy bible Romans 10 : 9 and 10 , st Jhon 3 : 16
believe in the place where you are
blessing for yours
@mickzammit6794 Says:
But does the red centre have a means to save any of this water?
@sandraashton868 Says:
Wow that's something you don't see every day!!One hundred mls of rain in twelve hours that's insane ⛈☔
@weblightstudio8215 Says:
Dont tell Sky News, they think climate and weather are the same thing. Oh wait...where are we....
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