Record year, page-97

Why is it unusual Pinto?? It's just your typical wet season?, happens every year.

A regional flood expert said the current flooding in far north Queensland is the highest since records began more than a century ago, as ex-tropical cyclone Jasper continues to wreak havoc.James Cook University’s Professor Jonathan Nott told ABC Far North that the flood is now up to 40 per cent higher than the 1977 flood, previously the biggest on record for the region.“It’s a very, very serious flood,” Professor Nott said.“1977 was previously the largest flood in the gauge record, and this one has exceeded the 1977 record by around about 30-40 per cent again on top of that, so it’s a very substantial flood.”Cairns residents have been told to conserve as much water as possible, as Mayor Terry James has warned the city only has 14 hours of clean water supply left.“Our intakes for our water supply are blocked and with roads being closed, our crews can’t get in to clean those intakes out.”“It is an emergency,” he said.“If we can’t unblock it, we will run out of water in the reservoirs by 10am tomorrow.”“If we run out of supply from the reservoirs, there is no contingency plan.”