A large area of low pressure from the remnants of tropical storm Oswald has caused additional extremely heavy rainfall as it moved southward over eastern Australia. This deluge has caused flooding in areas from the Cape York Peninsula to the Queensland state capital, Brisbane. At least four deaths have been attributed to the high winds and flooding associated with this low pressure system.

 

This image shows a TRMM calibrated Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (MPA) for the period from January 21-28, 2013. This analysis shows that tropical cyclone Oswald dumped over 600mm (~23.6 inches) of rainfall on the Cape York Peninsula after it came ashore. An area of flooding rainfall with totals of greater than 400mm (~15.7 inches) also occurred in the past few days in towns north of Brisbane, Australia.

 

Click here to see other January 2013 TRMM views of tropical cyclones in the the southern hemisphere.

 

Images and Captions by Hal Pierce (SSAI/NASA GSFC)