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The naming is regulated by the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN), a codex for nomenclature and classification. The International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT) is an association that regulates the collaboration of botanists for the nomenclature and classification of plants.floodgates had to be opened “to make sure the water had somewhere to go”.

Some residents have expressed anger that water was allowed to build for so long, rather than be released more steadily during the previous week of continued heavy monsoonal rain.

The Northern Water Management study, commissioned by the Townsville council in 2012, underscores the almost impossible nature of such policy decisions; saving homes on one flood scenario, causing more extensive damage in another.

The previous trigger for the Ross River Dam floodgates to be fully opened was 41.75m. Modelling for a one in 100-year flood scenario under the previous trigger predicted 960 properties in Townsville would be flood affected. The 2012 study concluded that by delaying the trigger to fully open the spillway to the current level of