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Australia reports that it is suffering a plague of mice across New South Wales, from the Queensland border all the way to Victoria. Mice are chewing through walls and ceilings, and are estimated to have caused $100 million in damage to crops and grain stores. Homeowners setting traps are reporting catching 500 to 600 mice per night.
2021-05-22

The Australian state of New South Wales is battered by a storm, causing flooding in various towns and parts of Sydney.
2021-03-20

The New South Wales Northern Beaches outbreak reaches 17 cases, leading to fears of a second wave in the state. Western Australia and Queensland have reimposed border restrictions on people travelling from New South Wales.
2020-12-17

The bodies of three people killed by bushfires in Australia are found – two near Glen Innes, and one at Johns River – as fires that have destroyed at least 150 houses continue to burn in eastern New South Wales and Queensland.
2019-11-9

The death toll from Cyclone Debbie and the associated flooding in the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland rises to five people.
2017-04-2

Tropical Cyclone Sandra forms in the Coral Sea off the coast of the Australian state of Queensland.
2013-03-8

Tropical Cyclone Oswald makes landfall in Queensland, Australia, and causes widespread flooding.
2013-01-25

Tens of thousands of people are stranded by floods in the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland.
2012-02-4

More than 16,000 people remain isolated and 3,350 are waiting to return to their homes due to continued flooding on the Mid North Coast of the Australian state of New South Wales.
2011-06-17

A Queensland man is missing presumed dead in floodwaters in Bajool while parts of central New South Wales are declared disaster zones after a week of heavy rains in eastern Australia.
2010-12-3