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The History of disasters of Australia is an outline of natural disasters in Australia and its territories. ... WikiProject Australian history/Heatwave disasters.
Heat wave: 1907–1908 Australian heat wave: 246 There were 105 deaths in South Australia alone (between 7 December 1907 and 8 February 1908). [12] 1909 Flood: 1909 Western Victorian floods: 4 1909–1910 Heat wave: 1909–1910 Australian heat wave: 109 1909 Dec – 1910 Feb [13] 1911 Cyclone: Sinking of the SS Yongala [14] 122 SS Yongala [14]
Australian heat wave From 25 December 2018, Australia was faced with constant record-breaking heatwaves with few breaks. December 2018 was recorded as the hottest December on record, while New South Wales had their warmest January since 2011.
The 2009 southeastern Australia heat wave was a heat wave that commenced in late January and led to record-breaking prolonged high temperatures in the region. The heat wave is considered one of the, if not the, most extreme in the region's history. [ 2 ]
Heat wave: South-eastern Australia: 374: 2009 Jan 25 – 9 Feb: A nine-day heat wave in early 2009 in which Adelaide recorded six consecutive days over 40 °C (104 °F), a high of 45.7 °C (114.3 °F) and a record overnight minimum of 33.9 °C (93.0 °F) on 28 January. [17] [18] Sparked the Black Saturday bushfires (see below). Health ...
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's southeast on Sunday sweltered in a heat wave that raised the risk of bushfires and led authorities to issue fire bans for large swathes of New South Wales state. The ...
5 January 1863 is Sydney's first recorded 40 °C (104 °F) day, when the mercury hit 41.6 °C (106.9 °F) at Sydney's Observatory Hill. [11]During January 1896, a state wide heatwave blasted through NSW and caused the mercury in Sydney to hit 40.7 °C (105.3 °F) on the 6th and 42.5 °C (108.5 °F) on the 13th, this ended Sydney's longest streak of days under 40.0 °C (104.0 °F) which lasted ...
Australia's east was this month scorched due to El Nino, a climate pattern in which unusually warm Pacific Ocean temperatures cause heatwaves, cyclones, droughts and wildfires.