Severe Hail And Dust Storm Sweep Across Australia Amid Bushfire Crisis
After what has been an extremely dry period during Australia’s worst bushfire season, areas of Victoria and New South Wales have experienced severe thunderstorms, hail and dust that are not expected to subside any time soon.
Overwhelming amounts of dust swept across Central West of NSW on Sunday, with social media users sharing images of brown clouds across a dark sky in Dubbo, Parkes and surrounding areas.
Out front of my house pic.twitter.com/oe3A9wqQjR
— Joe Williams - TEW (@joewilliams_tew) January 19, 2020
Huge #duststorm rolling into #Dubbo#NSW yesterday like a dust tsunami!
The #drought in #Australia is intense, with the frequency of particulate storms on the rise + more to come with summer in full swing.
Followed by 2mm(!) of rain 🌧
📷 credit my good HS mate, A. Hildebrandt pic.twitter.com/2vwapBMMJ3— Dr Gregory J. Wilson 🇦🇺 (@DrWilso) January 19, 2020
Video showing the massive dust storm rolling into Dubbo tonight. Video Credit: 7NEWS viewer Roshan Rayamajhi. https://t.co/OF81oZFF1j#dubbo#duststorm#7NEWS. pic.twitter.com/4AiGR7XibF
— 7NEWS Sydney (@7NewsSydney) January 19, 2020
Dust storm with a rain storm right behind it... central NSW, Australia pic.twitter.com/pXRoOgtZGa
— Belle R 🇦🇺 (@mummysonedge) January 19, 2020
On Monday the Bureau of Meteorology confirmed that “severe weather warnings” remain in place for much of central and eastern Victoria, with “damaging winds, large hail and burst of heavy rainfall” expected to spread to New South Wales for a downpour lasting at least three more days.
A large line of storms can be seen over northern #Victoria and extending into #NSW. Storms are producing heavy falls with Bloomfield Park (Everton) recording 27mm in the hour between 8am and 9am. Storms are forecast to affect #Melbourne in the afternoon. https://t.co/yYaQMrmw1ipic.twitter.com/8PcwyIZX51
— Bureau of Meteorology, Victoria (@BOM_Vic) January 19, 2020
