Termination of the posting of new information:
This site will no longer supply new information on disasters in Victoria.
Some further information will be added soon, bringing the postings on the site up to the end of 2002.
From 1st January 2003 it will become an archive and demonstration site only.
- Fires in Victoria - Summer 2002-2003
A general information guide:
Victorian weather page
- Bureau of Meteorology
&
The Age
Herald-Sun
ABC News
&
Country Fire Authority
- for actively-updated CFA text information
NRE fire information - for actively-updated map
NRE fire information - NRE Fires and other emergencies - text information:
Melbourne Fire & Emergency Services
Board - information about fires as disasters but NO emergency
information
- Disaster information covering the period October to December 2002 will be added here soon.
Notes:
In late February 2002 The Age changed its web site and so most of the links below to archived data at The Age no longer work. Some of the other media site links may also not be working.
The Bureau of Meteorology web sites covering weather, and storm warnings, are updated daily so any links supplied below will unfortunately only lead to information for today's date.
- Strong winds over Victoria, 2nd to 20th September 2002
3rd September - High winds cause chaos across city - The Age
4th September - Clean up begins after winds wreak havoc - The Age
4th September - Wind storm leaves $3 million trail of damage - The Age
3rd September - Workers crawl from collapsed building - Herald Sun
4th September - Savage wind whips state - Herald Sun
16th September - Spring has sprung, warm and windy September
(Fires also) - The Age
16th September - Rain dampens country fires - The Age
16th September - Chaos as 100km/h winds lash state (fires also) - Herald Sun
17th September - State under the weather - The Age
17th September - Safe but sore after fall - Herald Sun
20th September - One dead, two injured, in wild storm - The Age
- Anthrax confirmed as the cause of death of an 18 month old steer which died on a property at Tatura, Northern Victoria
NRE Media Centre release - 23rd April 2002
See also general information on anthrax in Victoria:
NRE web site
- Big grass fire closes the Hume near Seymour, 19th March 2002
The Age
- 2002 February 7, King Island, TAS, ML 4.7
This earthquake occurred about 80 km southwest of King Island, and approximately 350 km south of Melbourne. This earthquake has been reported felt at Smithton on the northwest coast of Tasmania and on King Island. At Currie on King Island a two year old woke crying and reported a monster in the house.
The Seismology Research Centre (SRC)
Geoscience Australia, Canberra - list of earthquakes
Geoscience Australia media report
- 2002 February 4, Pyramid Hill, Victoria. ML 2.4
Geoscience Australia, Canberra - list of earthquakes
- Massive hailstorm over Melbourne - Friday 1st February 2002
The Age - Saturday 2nd February 2002
The Age again on Sunday 3rd February 2002
Herald-Sun Saturday 2nd February 2002
- Fires in Victoria - Summer 2001-2002
A general information guide:
Victorian weather page
- Bureau of Meteorology
&
The Age
Herald-Sun
ABC News
&
Country Fire Authority
- for actively-updated CFA text information
NRE fire information - for actively-updated map
NRE fire information - NRE Fires and other emergencies - text information:
Melbourne Fire & Emergency Services
Board - information about fires as disasters but NO emergency
information
- 2002 January 22, earthquake about 9 km southwest of Rochester, VIC, ML 3.5
The Seismology Research Centre (SRC)
Geoscience Australia (formerly AGSO) in Canberra
- 2002 January 5, earthquake off Port MacDonnel, SA, ML 2.8
The Seismology Research Centre (SRC)
- NE Victorian towns blacked-out by lightning strike: 4th January 2002:
A report from The Herald-Sun
- Mini tornado hits bay suburbs - Aspendale-Mordialloc:
Tuesday 13 November 2001
A report from The Age
- Chaos in the city on Blackout Friday - electricity power failure:
Saturday 10 November 2001
A report from The Age
- Jan Juc cliff fall and injury:
Sunday 4th November 2001
A report from The Age
- Two large Victorian earthquakes
2001 October 27, Swan Hill, Vic-NSW border, ML 5.1
"It was the largest earthquake to have occurred in southeast Australia since the Ellalong NSW earthquake in August 1994. Its epicentre was about 10 km east of Swan Hill, about 300 km northwest of Melbourne. There have been reports of minor damage in the Swan Hill area, with some chimneys being toppled. Power to the region was briefly interrupted."
Swan Hill earthquake - The Age 29th October 2001
2001 October 13, Omeo, Vic, ML 3.9
"This is the largest earthquake to occur in Victoria this year (but see later Swan Hill earthquake - above), its epicentre about 35 kilometres north of Omeo in northeast Victoria."
More details of both earthquakes at The Seismology Research Centre (SRC)
- SES on standby as storms hit Victoria
A report on the storms from The Age, Sunday 9 September 2001
- Tooradin earthquake of 21st August 2001 - ML 3.7
The Seismology Research Centre (SRC)
and a report on this earthquake from The
Age
- Melbourne storms - mid-August 2001 - Discovery Day weather!
The Age 17th August 2001
The Age 18th August 2001
The Age 19th August 2001
- Petrol spill in Yarra 5th July 2001
The Age
- Boolarra South earthquake 4th July 2001 - ML 3.6
The Seismology Research Centre (SRC)
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