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Huge dust storm hits Australia's NSW - see photos and video
BOM tells Dubbo to expect rain, but massive dust storm sweeps through NSW insteadABC Western Plains
By Lucy Thackray and Jessie Davies
Link to site: https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/rural-news/2020-01-20/bom-nsw-forecast-dust-storm-dubbo-parkes-nyngan-blackouts/11881602
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Residents of western New South Wales hoping for rain after a promising forecast from the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) were instead hit by a fast-moving dust storm that blocked out the sun.
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The dust storm spread from Broken Hill across to Nyngan, Parkes and Dubbo on Sunday, leaving many residents in complete darkness.
Towns including Nevertire and Narromine were also left without power "for hours". "2020 — the year of dust! The worst dust storm we have had to date," Nevertire Hotel publican Harriet Gilmore said.
"Complete darkness, no power for hours. "And this is the fourth one this week."
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The wind peaked at 7:45pm in Dubbo with a gust of 107 kilometres per hour. "The dust storm was moving fast and was so thick that it went completely dark, [resulting in] zero visibility in less than a minute," Dubbo resident Jenny Duggan said.
Macquarie Anglican Girls School in Dubbo made a call to the SES after the school's roof was damaged in the storm. Principal Craig Monsour expected the clean-up would take a full week.
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The dust storm spread from Broken Hill across to Nyngan, Parkes and Dubbo on Sunday, leaving many residents in complete darkness.
Towns including Nevertire and Narromine were also left without power "for hours". "2020 — the year of dust! The worst dust storm we have had to date," Nevertire Hotel publican Harriet Gilmore said.
"Complete darkness, no power for hours. "And this is the fourth one this week."
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The wind peaked at 7:45pm in Dubbo with a gust of 107 kilometres per hour. "The dust storm was moving fast and was so thick that it went completely dark, [resulting in] zero visibility in less than a minute," Dubbo resident Jenny Duggan said.
Macquarie Anglican Girls School in Dubbo made a call to the SES after the school's roof was damaged in the storm. Principal Craig Monsour expected the clean-up would take a full week.
Australia: Cyclones, severe drought, loss of fresh water, rising ocean temperatures, extreme heat, massive forest fires, mud floods, loss of plant and animal species, and dust storms......and a right-wing government.
May they have a speedy recovery and a long period of peace.
KY..........
