Ses To The Rescue

Illawarra Mercury

Saturday November 12, 2005

ANDREW DRUMMOND

1974 - March 12: Flash floods overflow creeks and drains around the South Coast, damaging more than 100 Wollongong homes.

1974 - April 15: Illawarra hit by storms with winds of 60km/h. The rough weather delayed delivery of more than 10,000 postal items.

1974 - May 27: Many trees uprooted by 100km/h winds around Nowra. Then Shoalhaven Mayor Max Atkins was almost killed by a tree branch blown through the window of his mayoral limousine.

1975 - March 11: Floods cause an estimated $1 million damage to property around the Keiraville area.

1978 - March 18-19: Torrential rain. Spectators wade through knee-deep water to evacuate the Great Moscow Circus tent at JJ Kelly Park.

1981 - August 21: Wollongong and surrounds hit by a windstorm with 160km/h winds. One fatality.

1995 - April 16: Tornado ravages Merimbula, badly damaging more than 100 homes and injuring 40 people. (See picture)

1998 - August 17: Wollongong and surrounds hit by floods. A 71-year-old man drowned and an estimated $25 million damage was caused.

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