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mrmcdonaldduck
September 25th, 2009, 03:31 PM
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/breaking-news/another-dust-storm-hits-sydney/story-e6freuz0-1225779779463

THE second dust storm this week has hit Sydney.

Satellite photos indicate an area of dust particles swept up in the storm measures up to 200km wide, a Bureau of Meteorology spokesman said.

Visibility in the city has been reduced, the BoM spokesman said, but there's been no repeat of the dramatic scenes witnessed in Sydney on Wednesday morning, when the city was bathed in red, orange and yellow hues.

"The area of dust seems much smaller," the BoM spokesman said.

Visibility is likely to be reduced for a couple of hours, he added.

A dry, partly cloudy day with fresh to strong gusty westerly winds is forecast for Sydney today, with a top temperature of 21 degrees.

Health authorities are advising asthmatics to avoid exercising outdoors in the morning.


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A severe weather warning is forecast for much of eastern NSW, including the Southern Tablelands, Central Tablelands, south coast, the Illawarra and the Hunter district.




the second in a week, i never thought i would see this again

Sugaree
September 25th, 2009, 03:37 PM
Damn, those Aussies have some bad luck eh? :P

mrmcdonaldduck
September 25th, 2009, 03:53 PM
we do, there is also a fire in Queensland and sydney as well.

Sugaree
September 25th, 2009, 04:05 PM
Man I feel bad for you guys. Must suck for all that to be going on.

apocalypse
September 25th, 2009, 06:46 PM
They've talked about Sydney's situation on our local news here. It sounds like Hell over there. Hopefully the asthmatic people take the precautions to prevent respiratory problems, and that it doesn't start seeping into the homes, ors tart killing the wildlife!

Gumleaf
September 25th, 2009, 07:51 PM
todays dust storm was over pretty quick. its wasn't that bad and the sky is already clear again.

mrmcdonaldduck
September 26th, 2009, 02:04 AM
yeah, it was really quick todays one.

Shalom
September 26th, 2009, 09:51 AM
This is so weird, I never knew something like this could happen. I hope people are getting sick because of it or cancer or something bad haha.