Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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]
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 ...
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 ...
Death toll included seven members of one family who were lost when their car crashed and was engulfed in the fires. [244] Rail accident: Violet Town, Victoria: 9: 1969 Feb 7: Violet Town rail accident. Head-on collision after driver died at controls. [245] Fire: Kings Cross, New South Wales: 9: 1981 Aug: Rembrandt Apartments Hostel Fire. Fire ...
The Victorian SES handled more than 2000 calls in the first six hours; Powercor reported more than 3300 people without power; Jemena recorded more than 20,000 within its distribution area of inner Melbourne in result of the storm; Melbourne airport was closed; [89] and the Insurance Council of Australia estimated a total damages bill of A$ 100 ...
The 2003 Melbourne thunderstorm was a severe weather event that occurred over the city of Melbourne, Australia, and surrounding areas of Victoria, from 1 to 6 December 2003. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology called the storm a "once in 100-year event".
The year again began with extremely hot conditions in southern Australia: in Melbourne, the mean maximum for the weekends of January to March was a remarkable 29.3 °C (84.7 °F). Although February was exceptionally dry, rainfall for January and March was on the whole above average, with the northern inland of New South Wales having its wettest ...
In his podcast, The Beatles star wonders if the lyrics to one of his most famous songs was inspired by a fleeting but regrettable exchange with his late mother