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It is the costliest natural disaster in Western Australian history 2010 Flood: September 2010 Victoria floods: 0 250 2010 Flood: 2010 Gascoyne River flood: 0 two thousand head of cattle perished 100,000,000 AUD ( preliminary) The most severe flood to take place along the Gascoyne River in Western Australia on record. 2010–2011 Flood
Pages in category "Disasters in South Australia" ... 1954 Adelaide earthquake; E. Eyre Peninsula bushfire, 2005; F. 1956 Murray River flood; W. Whyalla Airlines ...
1999 Sydney hailstorm; most costly single natural disaster in Australia's history, with A$1.7 billion in insured damages and approximately A$2.3 billion total (1999 values). Asphyxiation: Sydney, New South Wales: 1: 2001 Jan 26: Big Day Out Concert. Teenage girl crushed in mosh pit. [448] Cyclone: Queensland: 1: 2006 Mar 20: Severe Tropical ...
Up to 8,000 people were evacuated in Victoria at the height of the crisis and a state of disaster was declared for the first time in South Australia's history. [6] [8] A 2001 report found Ash Wednesday to be one of Australia's worst fires. [12] More than 3,700 buildings were destroyed or damaged and 2,545 individuals and families lost their homes.
Adelaide in 1954 was still subject to wartime rationing, and most damaged property was uninsured. [3] The earthquake was the most destructive earthquake in recorded Australian history until 1989, when it was eclipsed by the 5.6 Richter magnitude Newcastle earthquake , which caused $4 billion damage, killed 13 people, and injured 160.
Two buildings and 3 other structures damaged, damage caused to natural gas pipeline. Total damage $2.5 million. Three earthquakes of between 6.3 and 6.7 on the Richter scale. Remarkably caused little damage, despite the intensity of the quake. Felt in high-rise buildings as far away as Perth and Adelaide [33] [34] Northern Territory: Ayers Rock ...
A state of disaster was declared for East Gippsland. [59] Significant fires occurred in the Adelaide Hills and Kangaroo Island in South Australia and parts of the ACT. Moderately affected areas were south-eastern Queensland and areas of south-western Western Australia, with a few areas in Tasmania being mildly impacted.
The South Australian power grid is operated by ElectraNet and connected to the National Electricity Market via two interconnectors to Victoria.These are the Heywood interconnector (which had recently been upgraded to 650 MW at 275 kV) [8] [9] in the southeast of the state and the Murraylink (220 MW at 150 kV) HVDC further north, connecting Berri to Red Cliffs in Victoria. [10]