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Video of erosion damage caused by a 1-in-30 year storm at South Narrabeen (Friday 8th June 2007)

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

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Friday 8th June 2007 saw a severe weather warning from the Bureau of Meteorology. They warned of winds gusting to 90kph, flash flooding, waves exceeding 5m in the surf zone and significant beach erosion. It was dubbed a 30-year storm, and came as a costly reminder of the devastating power of the natural environment. This video was recorded on Wednesday 13th June and illustrates some of the impacts of the storm on Sydney's beaches. Features include a 20ft vertical sand cliff in Sth Narrabeen and the precarious location of residents beachfront property to the erosion damage.

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Title Video of erosion damage caused by a 1-in-30 year storm at South Narrabeen (Friday 8th June 2007)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/7d5a47a1-5b07-4bb4-8b52-fde8efef9177
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
Andrew_Myers79@hotmail.com
Reference Period 13/06/2007 - 13/06/2007
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Video of erosion damage caused by a 1-in-30 year storm at South Narrabeen (Friday 8th June 2007)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/video-of-erosion-damage-caused-by-a-1-in-30-year-storm-at-south-narrabeen-friday-8th-june-2007