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Thousands of people across Australia's southeast were asked to evacuate their homes on Friday, including some in a western suburb of Melbourne, after two days of incessant rains triggered flash ...
Heavy rains brought flash flooding to parts of Victoria, Australia, as storms battered the state on October 25.Footage, filmed by Kerry Wakeham, shows cars and pedestrians moving through deep ...
Evacuation orders and flood warnings were issued for parts of Melbourne, Australia, on October 14, after heavy rain brought intense flooding to the city.This footage by Erica Neill shows the ...
16 February 1983 – Melbourne is encircled by an arc of fire as the Ash Wednesday fires encroach on the city. 18 September 1984 – Storm causes flooding of 100 homes in the eastern suburbs. [23] December 1990 – Heatwave causes 4 deaths. [24] 26 December 1999 – Flash flooding damages 300 homes with the worst effect on Broadmeadows.
The 2022 south eastern Australia floods are a series of floods that have occurred in south-eastern Australia [nb 1] since October 2022. [6] Some towns experienced the highest river peaks in decades, [7] and many places saw rivers peak multiple times. The floods were attributed to excess torrential rain caused by La Niña and a negative Indian ...
The rapid rainfall caused flash flooding, which resulted in extensive damage to property. [2] A number of motorists were trapped on the roofs of their cars as chest-high floodwater accumulated under the Bulleen Road Bridge on the Eastern Freeway. They were rescued by Melbourne's Metropolitan Fire Brigade using two
Flooding inundated roadways in suburban Melbourne, Victoria, on Friday, January 6, following what officials called a “very dangerous storm.”This footage from Geoff Hayhow shows a vehicle ...
Flash flooding occurred as a result of very heavy rainfall and multiple storms moving over the same location. [86] The worst affected areas were the northern and eastern suburbs of Melbourne including Taylors Lakes, Keilor, Eltham, Greensborough/Doncaster and Keilor Downs. [87] Tornadoes hit Fiskville, powerful enough to upend cars, and Melton ...