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1999 Sydney hailstorm; most costly single natural disaster in Australia's history, with A$1.7 billion in insured damages and approximately A$2.3 billion total (1999 values). Asphyxiation: Sydney, New South Wales: 1: 2001 Jan 26: Big Day Out Concert. Teenage girl crushed in mosh pit. [448] Cyclone: Queensland: 1: 2006 Mar 20: Severe Tropical ...
This is a list of all major natural disasters in Australian European history. The natural disasters included here are all the notable events that resulted in significant loss of life or property due to natural, non-biological processes of the Earth within Australian territory. Due to inflation, the monetary damage estimates are not comparable.
This is a list of major bushfires in Australia. The list contains individual bushfires and bushfire seasons that have resulted in fatalities, or bushfires that have burned in excess of 5,000 hectares (12,000 acres), or was significant for its damage to particular Australian landmarks.
Up to 8,000 people were evacuated in Victoria at the height of the crisis and a state of disaster was declared for the first time in South Australia's history. [6] [8] A 2001 report found Ash Wednesday to be one of Australia's worst fires. [12] More than 3,700 buildings were destroyed or damaged and 2,545 individuals and families lost their homes.
The Australian government has declared a natural disaster across portions of New South Wales as torrential rainfall inundates the region. One man died on Wednesday after his car became stuck in ...
The Black Saturday bushfires were a series of bushfires that either ignited or were already burning across the Australian state of Victoria on and around Saturday, 7 February 2009, and were one of Australia's all-time worst bushfire disasters.
Torrential rainfall in Australia, particularly in New South Wales, has forced thousands to flee. "Nothing like we've seen since the 1960s." Australia swamped by worst flooding in decades; spiders ...
Australian authorities issued fresh flood warnings and evacuation orders on Tuesday as torrential rains again pummelled several parts of the country, sweeping away homes, roads and livestock in ...