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Sydney residents woke up to a blanket of red dirt and patches of “brown rain” on January 24 after dust storms plagued towns in inland New South Wales.A low-pressure system over the state’s ...
The 2009 Australian dust storm, also known as the Eastern Australian dust storm, was a dust storm that swept across the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland from 22 to 24 September 2009. The capital, Canberra, experienced the dust storm on 22 September, [1] [2] and on 23 September the storm reached Sydney and Brisbane.
Police in New South Wales said at least one person was killed and two critically injured during a storm that lashed Sydney’s Northern Beaches on December 19.Emergency services received multiple ...
Sydney airport, the country's busiest, said 130 flights had been cancelled or delayed after it was forced to close two of its three runways. 'Once-in-100-year' storm triggers Sydney chaos as heat ...
Sydney CBD during the 2009 Australian dust storm Sydney skyline in bushfire haze, October 2013. In January 1994, severe bushfires affected the Sydney basin. Homes were threatened in Turramurra by a fire in the Lane Cove River reserve, and a scrub fire had briefly cut off the holiday village of Bundeena in the Royal National Park south of Sydney.
1983 Melbourne dust storm; 2005 Melbourne thunderstorm; 2009 Australian dust storm; 2010 Gascoyne River flood; March 2010 Queensland floods; March 2010 Victoria storms; 2010–2011 Queensland floods; 2018 Broome flood; 2019 Townsville flood
A potent coastal storm developed earlier this week off the coast of New South Wales, bringing heavy rain and power outages. More of the same is expected into Wednesday, AccuWeather forecasters say.
Camden, in Sydney's southwest, received 197.4 mm (7.77 in) of rain between July 2 and 3, with Sydney CBD accumulating 148.6 mm (5.85 in) over the span of four days. [20] The July flood event was the fourth major flood to strike Western Sydney in less than two years, with the weekend (July 2–3) receiving as much rainfall as Melbourne ...