Floods Follow Peruvian 'Quakes
Lima (Peru), November 3. — Red Cross planes rushed relief supplies yesterday to Central Peru where floods, following Saturday's earthquakes, have…
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Floods & storms, 1947
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Floods Follow Earthquake In Peru
Lima (Peru), November 7.—Known fatalities as a result of Saturday's earthquake on Central Peru rose to 107 today as 30 persons were swept away by the…
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Manila, November 17.—A typhoon with 75 miles per hour winds at the centre whirled northward towards Japan today after causing extensive flood and wind damage in Northern Philippines. The Red Cross reported that 382 homes…
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Sydney, November 23.—A freak rainstorm deluded Sydney early on Saturday afternoon. Three boys were swept away in a…
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Charleville (Q'ld ), November 23.—A terrific hailstorm in 17 minutes this afternoon practically wrecked Charleville and left the town covered in a sheet of ice. Within a few seconds, thousands of windows were smashed, awnings and Venetian…
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CHARLEVILLE.—Sunday's giant hailstorm caused damage estimated at £150,000. A full estimate of the damage has not yet been…
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Following humid weather yesterday, conditions were cleared by a thunder Storm in the early hours of this morning…
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Brisbane, December 7.—Steel lowers for floodlighting the Rockhampton Rugby League's ground were bent by a 70-mile-an-hour gust of wind during a…
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Sydney, December 9.—Following severe hall and rain storms that lashed parts of N.S.W. late yesterday there were further heavy falls of rain today…
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Sydney, Dec. 10.—Despite, torrential rain during the past few days no reports of floodings have been received stated the Weather Bureau tonight…
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SYDNEY.—There is no immediate prospect of an early termination of the heavy rain which is causing floods in Victoria, N.S.W. and Queensland. Heavy damage to the bumper wheat crop is…
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New York, December 16.—Executive Secretary of the American Jockey Club. Mr. Casidy, said today that the decision on Shannon's registration would…
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THUNDER storms in the district late yesterday grave substantial rain recordings, although…
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Hot sultry conditions have been experienced during the post few days and it now appears that summer has at last arrived. The weather has been somewhat unsettled with thunder clouds almost every day, isolated storms were experienced last…
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Rain storms have been reported between Wilcannia and Topar and Wentworth and Menindee. Inspector J. Canning passed through…
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Goulburn December 21.—Heavy rainstorms in the southern area at the week- end caused several rail washaways, and delayed the Cooma mail 14 hours,…
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Sydney December 21.—Sixty-one points of rain fell during a severe electrical storm at 1 a.m. today. Severe storms were also experienced at Hay,…
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SYDNEY.—Two aircraft were wrecked, two others were damaged and a hangar was-blown, into the near by Castlereagh…
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LONDON.—A sudden freak thunder storm ended for London and the Home Counties an unusually warm Christmas Eve and…
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PERTH.—A cyclone in the northwest yesterday disrupted all communications north of Roebourne, and is now reported to be between…
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