Are the devastating floods a continuum in Australia? | Paul Daley

Aboriginal accounts recall dramatic storms and flooding that have caused deaths and changed the course of mighty waterways over millenniaGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingThe disastrous flooding wreaking human and environmental havoc on the east of the Australian continent is getting labelled as "unprecedented" and a once-in-a-generation or even in 1,000 years event.A thousand years. A generation. It all constitutes a lot of time on this continent in the consciousness of Australian people who come from convict/settler/colonial - or later immigrant - stock. Continue reading...