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Subscriber only OFTEN overshadowed by the horror events of 2013, the 2010/11 Bundaberg floods were the worst in 40 years, ripping through homes, businesses and bringing about a temporary closure of the port. The days of December 28-29 saw the worst of the flooding event.
Boats on the Burnett River during the 2010 floods: Footage of boats on the Burnett River during the 2010 floods. Hundreds of homes were evacuated in the event, sparking fears of looting. Water St s Simon Jackson, who had been ferrying people from their inundated homes, told the
NewsMail he was exhausted, hadn t slept and feared looters would visit empty homes.
About That Nor’easter…
New York. Photo: Mike Nelson
Matt Pruett
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The thing about nor’easters is they don’t happen all the time. The real-deal ones are rarer than you might think. Especially when compared to 2020’s record number of hurricanes, and particularly during a La Nina.
(This isn’t exactly breaking news: We did happen to cover last week’s swell in realtime right here. And published Balaram Stack’s Wave of the Day. And posted Ryan Mack’s video from New York.)
“We got really excited seeing how fun the Eastern U.S. Seaboard looked,” says Nova Scotia photographer Scotty Sherin. “We’re typically a day behind. The swell ended up being really fun, but the snow made it epic.” Photo: Scotty Sherin