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This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on April 14, 2008, and on April 13, 2024.

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Date	Process	Result
October 27, 2007	Good article nominee	Listed
November 15, 2007	Peer review	Reviewed
November 26, 2007	Featured article candidate	Promoted
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on October 29, 2007. The text of the entry was: Did you know ...that the 1999 Sydney hailstorm* is the costliest natural disaster in Australian history, causing over A$1.7 billion in insured damages?*
Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on April 14, 2009, April 14, 2010, April 14, 2011, April 14, 2013, April 14, 2015, April 14, 2017, April 14, 2019, and April 14, 2022.
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WT:Today's featured article/April 2024#1999 sydney hailstorm

Just a pointer to a discussion about whether the 2022 floods have eclipsed the sydney hailstorm in the "most costly" category. - Dank (push to talk) 14:42, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Short Description Position

Move the Short Description on topmost of the article. Idk how to do it Redmyname31 (talk) 17:43, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]