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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1946

1,433 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 72

Official Warns of N.S.W. FLOODS Several Rivers Rising Rapidly Snow Falls End 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). ALREADY. the headwaters of the…

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Official Warns of N.S.W. FLOODS Several Rivers Rising Rapidly Snow Falls End 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). ALREADY the headwaters of the…

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Official Warns of N.S.W. FLOODS Several Rivers Rising Rapidly Snow Falls End 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). ALREADY the headwaters of the…

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Snow, Floods in South Holiday-makers May Be Cut Off

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 July 1946 · page 3

Danger of the Hotel Kosciusko and the Chalet becoming isolated is increasing hourly as tremendous gales and driving snow…

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Murray Breaks Banks Sheep Moved Front Low Districts As Floods Spread

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 July 1946 · page 9

The River Murray has burst its banks at several points in the Albury and Howlong districts and is developing its most serious flood since 1939…

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Rescued From Floodwaters

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 July 1946 · page 9

ON HORSEBACK, Mr. Ted Smith, of Myrtleford (north-eastern Victoria), rescues a dog which would not leave the flooded home of his owner when the nearby Ovens River overflowed during heavy rains this week…

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Floods Face Riverina As Snow Melts

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 July 1946 · page 12

FLOODS which are already sweeping Northern Victoria are expected to cause great damage in the Riverina during the next few days…

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Floods Face Riverina As Snow Melts

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 July 1946 · page 12

FLOODS which are already sweeping Northern Victoria are expected to cause great damage in the Riverina during the next few days…

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Stop Press Serious Floods Feared

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 July 1946 · page 32

Most region floods since 1939 are expected in the Riverina within the next few days. Yesterday the Murray and Tumut Rivers…

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Riverina Threatened by Floods

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 July 1946 · page 2

Floods which are already sweeping Northern Victoria are expected to cause great damage in the Riverina during the next few days…

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Floods Face Riverina As Snow Melts

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 July 1946 · page 12

BLOODS which are already sweeping Northern Victoria are expected to cause great damage in the Riverina during the next few days…

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Floods Face Riverina As Snow Melts

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 July 1946 · page 12

FLOODS which are already sweeping Northern Victoria are expected to cause great damage in the Riverina during the next few days…

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Floods Face Riverina As Snow Melts

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 July 1946 · page 12

FLOODS which are already sweeping Northern Victoria are expected to cause great damage in the Riverina during the next few days…

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Victorian Floods

The Sun · Friday 26 July 1946 · page 3

BY HORSE THROUGH flood waters along the Murray Valley Highway at Tallangatta. The riders were…

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River Levels Rise As Snows Melt Flooding Danger Along Murray; Rain In Rivering

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 July 1946 · page 7

Melting snow on the Southern Alps may cause extensive flooding in the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers districts. Light rain fell yesterday on nearly all…

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Serious Snow Flood Menaces Albury Houses Threatened At Wodonga Stock Moved to Higher Ground

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 July 1946 · page 5

AS heavy snow melts on the Southern Alps, Albury is facing its most serious flood danger since 1917. The Murray River at Albury has risen to 16ft…

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Serious Snow Flood Faces Albury

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 July 1946 · page 3

As heavy snow melts on the Southern Alps, Albury is facing its most serious flood danger since 1917…

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Serious Snow Flood Menaces Albury Houses Threatened At Wodonga Stock Moved to Higher Ground

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 July 1946 · page 5

As heavy snow melts on the Southern Alps, Albury is facing its most serious flood danger since 1917. The Murray River at Albury has risen to 16ft…

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Three-river Flood New Warnings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 July 1946 · page 1

Flood warnings have been issued by the Weather Bureau in the Murray, Murrumbidgee, and Tumut areas…

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Storm Blocks London Traffic

The Sun · Saturday 27 July 1946 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday. -- London's lights shone in the middle of the afternoon yesterday when a freak thunderstorm blacked-out the city, flooded the underground railways and…

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