AAP: Record high sea-surface temperatures contributed to the enormous rainfall that devastated large parts of Queensland nearly 18 months ago, according a new study. Some 35 people lost their lives in the January floods, which followed the record rains in December of 154 per cent above average. It was previously thought the huge downpour was due mainly to a powerful La Nina system but study leader Dr Jason Evans, from the Climate Change Research Centre at the University of New South Wales, (UNSW)...
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