This color-coded image shows rainfall amounts in Queensland from December 20 to December 26, 2010. The heaviest rain falls along Queensland’s northeastern coast.
This color-coded image shows total rainfall amounts in Australia from February 7 to 13, 2010. Light green indicates the lightest amounts and dark blue indicates the heaviest amounts.
During the first two weeks of January 2009, torrential rains brought both drought relief and severe flooding to parts of Queensland and Northern Territory in northern Australia.
This image shows rainfall totals for January 27 through February 3, 2009, for northeastern Australia and the surrounding region, where Cyclone Ellie made landfall on February 2.