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There are on average 2,500–3,000 deaths every year as a result of seasonal influenza in Australia. An estimated 1 billion are infected seasonally throughout the world. By 18 December 2009 in Australia, 37,537 swine flu tests yielded positive results and the confirmed death toll of people infected with swine flu was 191. [1]
2009 flu pandemic in Australia. 191 confirmed deaths. Death toll possibly as high as 1600. Shipwreck: Ledge Point, Western Australia: 186: 1656 Apr 28: The Vergulde Draeck bound for Batavia, was wrecked near Ledge Point on 28 April 1656. [33] [34] Bushfires: Victoria: 173: 2009 Feb 7
Temperature graph for Melbourne during the peak of the heatwave. A week before the fires, a significant heatwave affected southeastern Australia. From 28 to 30 January, Melbourne broke temperature records by experiencing three consecutive days above 43 °C (109 °F), with the temperature peaking at 45.1 °C (113.2 °F) on 30 January, the third hottest day in the city's history.
This is a list of motor vehicle deaths in Australia by year. It shows the annual number of road fatalities (road deaths or Road toll) per capita per year, per vehicle and per vehicle-km in the year the data was collected. The list includes all road users such as drivers, passengers, pedestrians, motorcyclists and cyclists.
The first confirmed case in Australia was reported on 9 May. [345] As of 3 July, Australia had 7,290 confirmed cases. The first Australian death was on 19 June and the total death toll reached 20. [346] The alert level was raised from "delay" to "contain", giving authorities in all states the option to close schools. [347]
Australia: February 7, 2009: Winter storms. Rank Death toll (estimate) Event Location Date 1. 4,000: 1972 Iran blizzard ... List of disasters in Australia by death toll;
The Australian bushfire season ran from late December 2008 to April/May 2009. Above average rainfalls in December, particularly in Victoria, delayed the start of the season, but by January 2009, conditions throughout South eastern Australia worsened with the onset of one of the region's worst heat waves.
Until the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires, Ash Wednesday had the highest-recorded death toll for a bushfire disaster, with 75 deaths. [2] For the next quarter century, Ash Wednesday was used as the measure for all bushfire emergencies in Australia; though since 2009, that has been supplemented by the lessons learned from Black Saturday.