The Worst Natural Disasters
Is it just me or has there been an increase in natural disasters over the past few years? Maybe it’s just that we have greater awareness and media coverage available on a world level, or maybe it’s simply a side effect of the continuing issue of global warming.
In Australia alone over the past few years, we have experienced wide scale flooding, devastating bushfires, severe storms, cyclones, landslides and of course the never-ending drought. Last year alone saw over a hundred people perish in the Black Saturday bushfires that swept through Victoria, plunging our nation into mourning. We’re not alone; tsunamis, earthquakes – like the one experienced in Haiti last week, volcanic eruptions and other natural disasters have touched every corner of the world, seemingly without rhyme or reason.
Here are some of the natural disasters experienced in Australia over the last 60 years:
- Drought – Since 2002, many areas of Australia have been affected by drought with little or no relief. Dams levels have been at all-time lows and water restrictions have become the norm. There have been other stretches of drought, most typically last 5-10 years in duration.
- Bushfires – Tasmania in 1967 with 264,270 hectares burnt out in 5 hours with 64 deaths and the loss of 1,400 homes; Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia in 1983 which saw 180 simultaneous fires across both states destroy nearly 2,500 homes and cause the deaths of 75 people; the Canberra bushfires in 2003, with 4 deaths and over 500 homes lost; and last, but by no means least – Black Saturday. These are the worst fires to date in Australia, with 400 separate fires across 4,5000km² in the state of Victoria. This resulted in 173 lives lost, 414 persons injured and is by far our worst bushfire to date.
- Heatwaves.
- Earthquakes – the most memorable would be the Newcastle earthquake in 1989, killing 13 people.
- Floods – Nyngan in NSW, 1990; Brisbane in 1974 with 4 fatalities recorded; Grafton and surrounding areas in 2009.
- Cyclones – Cyclone Ada in 1970, 14 deaths; Cyclone Tracy in 1974, 71 deaths; Cyclone Larry in 2006, no loss of life but a $A1.5 billion damage bill and long term affects to Australia’s agriculture, particularly banana crops.
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