Fed: Severe weather forecasters off during hailstorm report

From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: December 23, 1999 | Copyright information


AAP General News (Australia)

12-23-1999

Fed: Severe weather forecasters off during hailstorm report

An auditor's report has found that Sydney's weather bureau has some of the most skilled
staff in the nation for severe weather forecasting.

But it says they were rostered off when a massive hailstorm devastated the city in April.

Environment Minister ROBERT HILL ordered the Australian National Audit Office to report
on the eff...

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