Looking Back
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Town pumping follows wettest October day – October 8, 1993
COUNCIL staff, firefighters and residents have pumped thousands of litres of water off Kerang properties this week in the wake of the wettest October day…
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Sea of water – Oct 8, 1993
FLOODING has turned much of northern Victoria and southern New South Wales into virtual inland sea. Swollen streams have waterlogged thousands of hectares of paddocks…
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Show washout – Oct 5, 1993
ORGANISERS of today’s cancelled Kerang Show hope to restage the event in either November or March. Kerang District Agricultural Society officials yesterday reluctantly cancelled today’s…
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Flooded drains and stranded cattle – Oct 5, 1993
HEAVY weekend rainfall has caused numerous problems for district farmers, ranging from flooded salt drains to stranded cattle. The weened average ranged from 75mm to…
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Inundated – Oct 5, 1993
KERANG was inundated with water from about 6 pm onwards on Sunday night, with 66.6 mm of rain falling to 9 am yesterday morning –…
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Border towns soaked – Oct 5, 1993
KOONDROOK and Barham residents were inundated with water on Sunday night and Monday morning as heavy rain caused flooding to a number of homes. About…
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Flooding frustrates saturated residents – Oct 5, 1993
A CROTON street couple is angry that nothing has been done to alleviate drainage problems in their area, with rain associated flooding inundating their property…
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‘Tragedy repeated’ at Ibis rookery – Oct 1, 1993
The offspring of hundreds of thousands of breeding ibis at Middle Lake rookery near Kerang were this week the victims of local flooding. The lake’s…
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Sandbags help save family’s home – Oct 1, 1993
THE Wilkinson family appears to have escaped any major flood damage at their Weir road property. Situated near the junction of the Loddon River and…
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Inundated trees ‘unfortunate’ – Oct 1, 1993
A KERANG borough councillor has defended council’s decision to plant hundreds of trees along a section of the Murray Valley Highway currently under flood water.…
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‘Forgotten flood’ – Oct 1, 1993
LANDHOLDERS in the lower reaches of the the Loddon River catchment are now bearing the brunt of near record flooding. Flooding is also affecting other…
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Near record flood – Oct 1, 1993
LANDHOLDERS in the lower reaches of the the Loddon River catchment are now bearing the brunt of near record flooding. Flooding is also affecting other…
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