If so, you may be comforted to know that climate scientists predict a lot fewer such events for eastern Australia as the century unfolds.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/fewer-big-storms-expected-sydney-climate-warms
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/sydney-morning-herald
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/storms
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-dioxide
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/australia
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global-warming
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sea-level-rise