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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]
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 ...
Disaster Location Deaths Date Notes Shipwreck: Christmas Island: 48: 2010 Dec 15: 2010 Christmas Island boat disaster: Cyclone/Flood: Cairns and Cardwell, Queensland: 47: 1927 Feb 9: This tropical cyclone crossed the coast north of Cairns, which weakened into a rain depression, causing extensive flooding, resulting in a total 47 deaths throughout parts of Northern Queensland [102]
The La Nina weather cycles is also to blame for excess rainfall in Eastern Australia. [14] A positive Southern Annular Mode and negative Indian Ocean Dipole also favoured wet conditions. [ 7 ] A band of clouds formed at the beginning of the week, leading to downpours on Thursday the 13th October and Friday the 14th. [ 15 ]
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 ...
A widespread weather event with heavy rain over several days caused flooding in Western Sydney and the Far North Coast, extending into South East Queensland. At least 18,000 people were evacuated. [70] 2021 Cyclone: Cyclone Seroja: 1 [b] [71] 70% of homes in Northampton and Kalbarri sustaining damage or destruction. [72]
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 ...
Melbourne had rain up to 90% below the average for September and October 2006, compounding the problem of extremely low rainfall from the preceding winter months. [ citation needed ] Melbourne had also experienced high temperatures throughout October causing increased evaporation of water in dams and reservoirs, which resulted in their levels ...