Flood Warnings
Flood warnings were Issued Sy the police today, to residents of low-lying areas adjacent to the Namoi River…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Floods & storms
Floods & storms, 1948
25 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 1 of 2
South Coast Floods Sydney
Flood damage on the South Coast has abated, and the Weather Bureau expects an improvement in the weather by the week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kalgoorlie Flooded Perth
Parts of Kalgoorlie are four feet under waiter as a result of 12 inches of rain which fell during a cyclonic storm which swept in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Rain Storm
The dry spell of almost seven weeks was broken yesterday, when 460 points were officially recorded…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Serious Damage From Storm
No serious damage resulted from the storm on Sunday, February 29, reported the Clerk of Works to Council on Tuesday. Scouring occurred in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclone Disrupts Air Traffic Brisbane
After a cyclonic disturbance last night isolated Brisbane by air, all Queensland airports reopened this morning and planes from North…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ships Shelter from Gale MELBOURNE
Two ships, the Woniora and Lutana which failed to reach Melbourne at the week-end, are believed to have taken shelter somewhere along the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Rains Follow Cyclone MELBOURNE
A cyclonic disturbance which caused hundreds of pounds worth of damage in South Australia over the week-end was reported early to-day to be concentrated in Bass Strait and heavy rains have already fallen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclone Off Coast Sydney
The Weather Bureau today warned shipping of heavy seas along the N.S.W. coast. Bureau officials said the cyclone…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Most Disastrous Floods for 21 Years. [?]Vin
[?] from Arnham Land[?] the floodwaters, resulting from the recent monsoon rains, any now scattered…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods on North Coast Sydney
Heavy damage was done to farmlands where the Richmond and Tweed rivers broke their banks at the week-end. Pasture lands in the dairying districts suffered…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unknown Number Drowned In North American Floods New York
Floods devastating vast sections of north-west Pacific areas of the United States and British Colombia, have surrounded the low-lying areas of Vanport City, in Oregon, drowning an unknown number of persons…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Marching Display Marred by Heavy Rain. Narrabri Band Wins Astoria Cup
Ten bands, comprising the Guyra Brass Band, Inverell Pipe Band and Girls' Marching Bands from Guyra, Inverell, Narrabri,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Second Cyclone Moving South-East From Q'land. Floodwaters Recede In North Coast River Areas
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A second cyclone, moving south-east from a point 150 miles north of Brisbane, may bring more heavy rain to the flood-bound North Coast where, as the floodwaters in the Richmond and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hundreds Homeless In Flooded Areas
Danger of further flooding in the Far North Coast appears to have passed with reports that flood waters of the Richmond and Clarence Rivers are slowly receding. However, the position remains critical in many…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Receding Flood Waters Leave Trail of Destruction and Disease
Thousands of valuable cattle are stranded in mud and water in the mid-Richmond area and are desperately in need of fodder. Unless they are fed soon they will eat the mud-polluted grass when the muddy waters subside…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Devastating Floods in Switzerland
GENEVA, Monday (AAP).—Swiss troops blew up dykes on the flooded River Rhone which burst its dams following 24 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Britain Harvests Her Post-flood Linseed Crop
Sown in land waterlogged by the [?] flooding which devastated large areas of Britain's farmlands during the spring of 1947, emergency crops of linseed are now being cut…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cars Safe in Storms
Many a motorists, when caught out on the road during a severe thunderstorm, has a shiver up his spine when lightning flashes appear…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Storms: Dust Haze
Stormy conditions resulted in sharp downpours in the town and district yesterday. In many places, wind caused slight…
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