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  1. Snowmelt

    Lightning strike shut down 000 emergency services

    On 4th May, a lightning strike to an in-ground communications cable disabled the Australian 000 emergency services (dial 000 for emergency relief in Australia). The telephone company had a back-up contingency system, but that also failed. As a result, at least one emergency resulted in injuries...
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