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Hunter Valley Floods 1955
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BY MACKENZIE WARD
INTRODUCTION
Introduction
IN 1955 , A MASSIVE FLOOD OCCURRED IN NSW. THE HUNTER VALLEY FLOODS WERE ONE OF THE MOST DEVASTATING FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA AND IT WAS THE WORST FLOOD IN THE HUNTER VALLEY SINCE EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT. THIS FLOOD OCCURRED ABOUT 60 YEARS AGO.
THIS IS WERE THE FLOOD STARTED
WHAT TYPE OF FLOOD WAS IT?
THIS FLOOD WAS COURSED BY FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A SUDDEN LOCAL FLOOD TYPICALLY COURSED BY HEAVY RAIN.
WHAT TYPE OF FLOOD WAS IT
WHERE IN THE WORLD DID IT HAPPEN?
THIS FLOOD HAPPENED IN NEW SOUTH WALES AND THE GREATEST PLACES THAT GOT DAMAGED WERE MAITLAND, SINGLETON AND MUSWELLBROOK.
WERE IN THE WORLD WAS IT
A STREET IN SINGLETON WHEN THE FLOOD IS STARTING
A STREET GETTING FLOODED
Hunter Valley Floods IN 1955
HOW DID IT HAPPEN
ON THE 23 OF FEBRUARY 1955, HEAVY
RAIN POURED AND POURED. UNTIL FLOOD WATER STARTED TO FLOW INTO ROADS AND FARM LANDS.
FUN FACT: 2.1 MEGALITRES OF WATER FELL FROM THE CLOUDS .THAT'S ENOUGH TO FILL THE SYDNEY HARBOR 4 TIMES.
HOW DID IT HAPPEN?
WHAT WAS THE DAMAGE?
SADLY ON THAT DAY 14 PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES.5200 HOMES WERE FLOODED AND 130 OF THEM WERE DESTROYED AND LOTS OF CATTLE DIED THAT DAY ALL OF THIS DAMAGE COASTED $2 BILLION.
WHAT WAS THE DAMAGE?
THIS FLOOD WATER IS UP TO THE DUNOLLY BRIDGE IN SINGLETON
MY NANS AND POPS STORY
MY NAN WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND MY POP HAD LEFT SCHOOL TO DO AN APPRENTICESHIP AT THE TIME IT HAPPENED. THE RAILWAY STATION WAS FLOODED UP TO THE SIGNAL BOX, LOTS OF HOUSES WHERE FLOATING DOWN THE RIVER. THE WHOLE MAIN STREET WAS FLOODED. YOU COULDN'T EVEN SEE THE SHOPPING CENTERS BECAUSE THEY WERE COVERED WITH WATER.
THE KIDS WERE ASKED TO ASK THEIR PARENTS IF THEY CAN SHELTER ANYONE BECAUSE PEOPLE HAD BEEN EVACUATED FROM SINGLETON AND MUSWELLBROOK.
my nans AND POPS STORY
QUOTES FROM VICTIMS
Laurie March
"The police had told us there was eight feet of water on its way from Singleton.
QUOTES FROM VICTIMS
John Martin
"It was frightening, particularly at night time, because when the water came through the town on the Thursday night, there was this roar of the river.
"It's one of those things that I'll never, ever forget."
During this natural disaster, John helped a police officer who had a broken leg get into a boat in order to receive treatment.
.Stan and Alma Chalmers
"The water kept getting higher, and higher, and higher and eventually we decided that the best thing to do would be to get out through the window and get up onto the roof.
the water got so high that it was up next to our gutters
THESE PEOPLE WERE ALL IN THE CITY
LIST OF SORCES
LIST OF SOURCES
-1233 ABC Newcastle
-FloodSafe
-MY NAN AND POP
(Erica and Alan Ward)
QUESTIONS FOR YOU!
QUESTIONS
HOW DEEP WAS THE FLOOD?
HOW WOULD YOU ESCAEP THIS FLOOD?
WHEN WAS THIS FLOOD?
HOW MUCH DID THE DAMAGE COAST?
ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME?