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South Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1945

3 stories in South Coast's papers

Big Storm at Bimbaya

The Bega District News · Thursday 22 February 1945 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon a terrific storm burst over Bimbaya and extended, we hear through Kameruka and Buckajo. At Bimbaya factory 125 points of rain…

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Flood Rains

The Bega District News · Monday 9 April 1945 · page 2

Heavy rain, accompanied at times by winds of almost gale force, have been falling unceasingly since Saturday, it is still falling [?]…

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The Floods

The Bega District News · Thursday 12 April 1945 · page 2

The flood rains which set in on Saturday ceased on Monday, when 843 points had fallen at Bega. All the river flats were covered, and the water…

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