Many communities were devastated by events like these over the past couple of months. The three events that were most disastrous were the “Black Christmas” bush fires, the recent torrential rains in the Sydney and Illawarra regions, and Cyclone Chris, which swept through the northwest of Western Australia. All three of these major events caused extensive damage and economic instability, which these regions are not expected to recover from quickly.

On Christmas Eve 2001, a large lightning storm took place over the East Coast of New South Wales. This caused the bush fires we know as “Black Christmas” to eventuate. These bush fires were the largest since 1994, when most of the Royal Nationa

All these events caused damage in some way and if taken for granted, would cause much more damage than they do. No matter how hard we try to control and change our environment, we will never be able to control what effect natural occurrences have on us. The best we can do is try to prepare for the worst and react in the best way we know how. Nature is the strongest force of all; we can not tame it.

On February 6th, 2002, Cyclone Chris beat the northwest coast of Western Australia. It was one of the most powerful cyclones ever recorded in Australia. It was thought to be a category 5 cyclone but was downgraded to a category four once it crossed the coastline. This cyclone, luckily, only effected remote areas, which were very sparsely populated. At the height of the storm, wind speeds were predicted to reach up to 290km/h. The amount of live stock lost was not known, but owners of Wallal Downs cattle station were quoted to have said that this cyclone didn’t seem like it would have the same effect as Cyclone Annette in December, 1994. No human life was lost

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