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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Severe storms nothing new for our beaches - You Need To See This

THIS isn't the first time our beaches have been destroyed by a storm.

Those of us who are over 60 might remember the devastating natural disasters of 1974. On Christmas Eve in 1974 Cyclone Tracy, packing winds of 220km/h destroyed 80 per cent of the buildings in Darwin and killed 71 people. The most destructive cyclone ever to hit Australia.

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