Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan said climate change is a major reason for these floods, and extreme weather events must be factored in when planning for new housing and communities.
Premier Allan also says the Victorian Government is "undeterred" in pursuing clean energy projects despite the Federal Government's rejection of a new hub at the Port of Hastings for the construction of offshore wind farms.
So we have the Premier making the Extreme rain/Floods link with climate change, while most media stories have ignored making the connection.
Victorian city of Bendigo had 91.8mm in the 24 hours to 9am on Monday: its wettest day in records dating back to 1863.
There are now widespread #Flood warnings in Central and North East Victoria.
Warmer atmosphere = increased moisture carrying capacity = higher rainfall intensity = increased #floods = increased insurance premiums for all.
"State-of-the-art climate models drastically underestimate how much #ExtremeRainfall increases under #GlobalWarming, according to a study published Monday that signals a future of more frequent catastrophic floods unless humanity curbs greenhouse #emissions. "
"Somalis are struggling to cope with never-before-seen #flooding that has killed dozens of people and forced hundreds of thousands to abandon their homes, in the wake of #ExtremeRainfall that has engulfed much of #EastAfrica.
The impact of the flooding is much worse because the soil is so damaged from an unprecedented recent #drought.