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Pilot's view of floodwaters as sun sets

Storm clouds roll in over the Brisbane suburb of Annerley on October 15, 2011.

"We'll never get to a point where I can tell you three days in advance a severe thunderstorm is going to pop up over Lismore Airport at three o'clock. Never going to happen."

A graphic that shows what a BOM rainfall range forecast looks like

  • When they say it will be dry, it is dry 94 per cent of the time.
  • When they say it will rain, it rains 95 per cent of the time.
  • And maximum temperatures are forecast within 2 degrees Celsius of observed maximum temperature 91 per cent of the time.

People walk along a flooded road.

sheep gathered on a mount surrounded by floodwater

A map showing optimal radar coverage across the country

A doppler radar

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