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    Desert dust storm chokes Sydney

    Posted by mrniceguy On September - 24 - 2009
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    Desert dust storm chokes Sydney
    Desert dust storm chokes Sydney
    Red sand storm had hit the major city of Australia’s east coast, Sydney and Brisbane. Visibility was so bad that airplane and ferry service needed to be diverted and disrupted. It said the sand storm is common happened in the red center of Australia, but somehow it is special this time with large wind blowing from the populated city outback.

    Interview had been carried out with Sydney resident, Andrew Hawkins expressing that the dust storm feels like Armageddon is upon them. Some of others commented that they are like ‘living’ on Mars.

    The air pollution level reached the sky high 15,500 micrograms of particles per cubic meter since records began in the 70. Warning had been given to the elderly, children, pregnant women and people with heart and lung diseases to stay in house to avoid the dust.

    It had been a difficult 24 hours for the Australian which being hit by the said red sand storm, earthquake, hail storms and bushfires. Precaution had been taken that no open fires allowed in the hot and dry weather. There is 2 minor earthquakes reported in Victoria state as well.

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