what are the natural disasters that has happened this month in australia.?

Question

What are the natural disasters that has happened this month which is July 2007 in australia. the date today is 7/7/07 or 07-07-2007. Please be quick.
p.s. please include any natural disasters that has happened today too.
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Answer 1

7-5-07 Sydney

PASSENGERS have been evacuated from a train on the Sydney Harbour Bridge after gale force winds ripped off a hatch and knocked down electrical wires, throwing the city into commuter chaos.

The eight-car, northbound train ground to a halt near the bridge's southern pylon about 3pm, flinging debris into the path of cars.

"At least one and possibly two hatches that are on top of the train, on the shoulder of the top of the train, have been blown up and have then collected the overhead wire and brought the overhead down near the south pylon on the Harbour Bridge, and that's on the ... southbound track,'' Mr Graham said.

"The net result of this for our passengers this evening is that there are no trains moving between Wynyard and North Sydney in either direction.

"I expect that situation will be the case for the entire peak period this evening.''

A witness to the breakdown told Macquarie Radio debris from the train hit his car.

"Bits of the train started to hit the car which made me sort of wonder what it was. I thought something was falling off the bridge,'' he said.

"When I looked up at the top of the train, a bit had fallen off it, I wasn't sure if it was a hatch or one of those stanchions that touch the wires,'' he said.

"Mate, as it was going along about 100m, (it) just tore the wires down as it went along and then it finally (stopped).

''... At the last minute a bit fell off the train and fell onto lane one and two.''

Mr Vince Graham said in addition to the Harbour Bridge problems, there were two other serious incidents affecting train services this afternoon.

"As a result of the high winds there is a very large tree down up between Hornsby and Gosford and we are in the process of bussing in one direction,'' Mr Graham said on Southern Cross Broadcasting.

A Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) spokesman said two traffic lanes on the bridge were also closed at the request of CityRail due to the fallen wires.

Another fallen tree had collected overhead lines at Beecroft, in the city's northwest, he said.

No trains were expected to run on the city's northern or inner-west lines for some time, a CityRail spokesman said. Services between Gordon, on Sydney's North Shore, and Wynyard Station in the city are currently cancelled.

“It's hard to predict how long it will be until services resume but there will be major delays which will flow onto the northern line and inner-west line,” the spokesman said.

The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe weather warning for much of the state, and the National Parks and Wildlife Service has recommended people postpone country travel until conditions improve.

Winds averaging over 65km/h with gusts in excess of 90km/h were hitting alpine areas of the Southern Tablelands, South West Slopes and the Australian Capital Territory.

Blizzard conditions were expected in these areas.

The Newcastle Fire Command said the Hunter Valley, Central Coast and Newcastle were hit hard.

"There is similar damage to the previous storms we saw this way last month but this time without the rain,'' a Newcastle Fire Brigades spokesman said.

"We have trees on the road, trees on cars, trees on houses. There have been dozens of incidents and luckily no-one is injured.''

Answer 2

Gipsland floods in east Victoria: lots of info on that.

On going drought throughout Australia: you could use plenty of old info and claim it as this months.

PS: she asked for a disaster not a bloody news article.