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Tropical Cyclone Wanda crossed the Queensland , Australia coast at Double Island Point, south of Fraser Island , on 24 January 1974 . Although this Tropical Cyclone was relatively weak, it dropped enormous quantities of rain on south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales over the Australia Day (26-27 January) weekend, resulting in some of the worst Flooding seen in a century. The Queensland state capital, Brisbane , fared particularly badly, with fourteen lives lost and parts of the city submerged under 2 metres of the Brisbane River . In northern New South Wales, a further two fatalities were reported. The cyclone's final toll: 16 dead, over 300 injured; 56 homes destroyed, a further 1,600 submerged; 8000 people left homeless. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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