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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1946

1,433 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 72

Floods Ruin Rice Crops

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 July 1946 · page 4

CALCUTTA, Monday.--Floods have ruined the rice crops in the Chittagong district of Bengal…

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Cyclone Rages in Italy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 July 1946 · page 3

LONDON, July 22 (A.A.P.).— Forty people are missing and are believed to have been drowned and scores of small vessels were wrecked…

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Stop Press Gale Over Tasman

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 July 1946 · page 24

Headwinds of up to 75 miles an hour were encounered by today's Toaman Empire Airways flyingboat from Auckland The skipper…

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40 Shrouded in Kosciusko Snow Roads Impassable; Kiandra Isolated Victoria Struck by Gales, Floods

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 July 1946 · page 15

HEAVY snow has stranded 40 people at Kosciusko Hotel, almost isolated Kiandra, and at 10 a.m. today was still falling at both places…

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40 Shrouded in Kosciusko Snow Roads Impassable; Kiandra Isolated Victoria Struck by Gales, Floods

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 July 1946 · page 15

HEAVY snow has stranded 40 people at Kosciusko Hotel, almost isolated Kiandra, and at 10 a.m. today was still falling at both places…

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40 Shrouded in Kosciusko Snow Roads Impassable; Kiandra Isolated Victoria Struck by Gales, Floods

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 July 1946 · page 15

HEAVY snow has stranded 40 people at Kosciusko Hotel, almost isolated Kiandra, and at 10 a.m. today was still falling at both places…

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40 Shrouded in Kosciusko Snow Roads Impassable; Kiandra Isolated Victoria Struck by Gales, Floods

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 July 1946 · page 15

HEAVY snow has stranded 40 people at Kosciusko Hotel, almost isolated Kiandra, and at 10 a.m. today was still falling at both places…

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40 Shrouded in Kosciusko Snow Roads Impassable; Kiandra Isolated Victoria Struck by Gales, Floods

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 July 1946 · page 15

HEAVY snow has stranded 40 people at Kosciusko Hotel, almost isolated Kiandra, and at 10 a.m. today was still falling at both places…

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Storm Forces Back Plane for Canberra

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 July 1946 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- AR.A.A.F. Dakota transport plane carrying State and Federal Parliamentarians to Canberra was…

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Storm Forces Back Plane for Canberra

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 July 1946 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday., -- A.R.A.A.F. Dakota transport plane carrying State and Federal Parliamentarians to Canberra was…

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Storm Forces Back Plane for Canberra

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 July 1946 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- A R.A.A.F. Dakota transport plane carrying State and Federal Parliamentarians to Canberra was…

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Vic. Faces Big Floods

The Sun · Tuesday 23 July 1946 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Precautions are being taken against the serious flooding of rivers that is expected within two days,…

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Victorian Towns Warned Of Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 July 1946 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- The Weather Bureau today issued flood warnings to Victorian towns along all north-eastern rivers…

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Heavy Flood Follows Big Snowfalls

The Sun · Wednesday 24 July 1946 · page 7

While Kosciusko had one of the heaviest snowfalls in its history last night, floods were threatening the upper reaches of the Murray, Murrumbidgee and Tumut rivers, swollen by…

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Floods Expected in Southern Snow Areas Drought In Wheat Belt, Fire In North

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 July 1946 · page 9

Australia is experiencing sharp contrasts in weather conditions:--Widespread flooding is feared in the snowbound areas of the Alps and in north-eastern Victoria…

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Official Warns of N.S.W. FLOODS Several Rivers Rising Rapidly Skiers Stranded at Kosciusko

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 July 1946 · page 9

FLOOD warnings, following extremely heavy snowstorms and rain, were issued today by the Divisional Meteorologist (Mr. Newman), who said that snowbound skiers at Kosciusko…

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Official Warns of N.S.W. FLOODS Several Rivers Rising Rapidly Skiers Stranded at Kosciusko

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 July 1946 · page 9

FLOOD warnings, following extremely heavy snowstorms and rain, were issued today by the Divisional Meteorologist (Mr. Newman), who said that snowbound skiers at Kosciusko…

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Warning of N.s.w. Flood Fear

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 July 1946 · page 2

Flood warnings, following extremely heavy snowstorms, and rain, were issued today by the Divisional…

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Warning of N.s.w. Flood Fear

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 July 1946 · page 2

Flood warnings, following extremely heavy snowstorms,' and rain, were issued today by the Divisional…

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Warning of N.s.w. Flood Fear

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 July 1946 · page 2

Flood warnings, following extremely heavy snowstorms, and rain, were issued today by the Divisional…

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