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The most significant flood in Melbourne's recorded history, it forces thousands to vacate their homes and caused at least one death. 1908 – A heatwave strikes Melbourne. [7] [8] 2 February 1918 – The Brighton tornado, an EF3 class and the most intense tornado to hit a major Australian city, strikes the bayside suburb of Brighton. [9] April ...
Pages in category "March 2016 in Australia" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
As the year began, a tropical low was over Australia, [4] and Cyclone Ula was moving toward Tonga. [5] Ula was followed by another 16 tropical cyclones, [6] [7] including Cyclone Winston, which was the most intense tropical cyclone in the Southern Hemisphere on record, with 10 minute sustained winds of 280 km/h (175 mph), and a minimum pressure of 884 mbar (26.1 inHg).
12 March – Members of rival street gangs rampage through the Melbourne CBD during the city's Moomba Festival. [11] 17 March – The Federal Government's electoral reform laws pass both houses of Parliament after 28 hours straight debating the changes in the Senate. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull hails the event as a "great day for democracy ...
Roads became rivers in Melbourne on Tuesday, November 6, when over a month’s worth of rain fell in the space of a few hours.Bureau of Meteorology recorded 35 mm of rain in the Melbourne city ...
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A neighborhood in Melbourne, Victoria, was flooded following thunderstorms and heavy rainfall on January 29.Between 25 and 45 millimetres, or one to two inches, of rain fell over Victoria during ...
Disasters and accidents Twelve coal miners are killed following a gas leak in a mine near the Chinese city of Baishan in Jilin province. (AAP via SBS) European migrant crisis At least 25 migrants, including 10 children, drown after their wooden boat capsizes in the Aegean Sea near the seaside town of Didim, Turkey. The Turkish Coast Guard was able to rescue 15 people. (International Business ...