Rockhampton had nearly a week to prepare for an expected flood peak from the Fitzroy River, which courses through the centre of the city.
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These new channels must manage the same amount of precipitation causing flood peaks to be [ higher or deeper ] and floodwaters to travel faster.
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A flood peak, the fourth this year, was forming on the upper reaches of the 6, 300-kilometer-( 3, 900-mile-) long river, the China Youth Daily said.
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Flood peaks increase more rapidly with increases in rainfall intensity above a threshold value for the maximum 30 min intensity of approximately 10 mm per hour.
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The whole of north Moree was told to evacuate the day before the flood peak including the nearby villages of Yarraman, Gwydirfield, Bendygleet, Pallamallawa and Biniguy.
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The China Daily disclosed that levees had also been breached in at least three places in neighboring Hubei province as the Yangtze flood peak passed by.
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A flood peak, the fourth this year, was forming on the upper reaches of the 6, 300-kilometer-( 3, 900-mile-) long Yangtze, the China Youth Daily said.
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At Koulikoro, downstream from Bamako, the flood peaks in September, while in Timbuktu the flood lasts longer and usually reaches a maximum at the end of December.
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The newspaper did not say whether the breaches caused any casualties or damage but said they did take some of the force out of the flood peak.
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A flood peak rolled through this port city along the swollen Yangtze River early Tuesday, threatening to burst dikes sodden by more than a month of flooding.
