Dust storm covers Sydney in red

[Joanne98]

A dust storm blankets Sydney's iconic Opera House at sunrise on Wednesday. A huge outback dust storm swept eastern Australia and blanketed Sydney disrupting transport, forcing people indoors and stripping thousands of tonnes of valuable farmland topsoil.

Dust storm covers Sydney in red

Australia's worst dust storm in 70 years swept up thousands of tons of topsoil and dumped it over Sydney. Such storms could grow bigger and more frequent with climate change.

The massive dust storm that turned Sydney an eerie red Wednesday has swept up Australia’s eastern coast to Brisbane, leaving Sydney residents to breath easier after the worst air pollution on record was recorded Wednesday.

But Australians are left wondering if such dust storms will become more common – and whether climate change is to blame.

The current storm, the biggest in 70 years, dumped thousands of tons of dust on Sydney. It reduced visibility, forced international flights to be diverted, and interrupted ferry traffic. It was caused when the powerful winds of an inland storm picked up topsoil from land parched after years of harsh drought, carrying it to the large cities on the coast.

Check out the Monitor’s photo gallery of the storm in Sydney.

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[Skink]

1. We sometimes get mud rain in texas.

swaths of dust from clearcutting in Mexico sends dust our way. we then add water.

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. In 1992, or 3, in Mobile, we got YOUR mud rain.

I had never seen anything like it before, and people in Mobile were saying it came out of a storm from Texas.
Left about 1/4 inch of brown mud all over the whole city, over cars, buildings, streets, etc.

Now, I dunno if it really came from Texas, but I do know everyone claimed it did, and all we had around us was water and trees, soooooo....

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

2. "Such storms could grow bigger and more frequent with climate change."

With no evidence supporting this statement, I thinks it's sort of hyperbolish & probably not needed.
I mean, heck... "Such storms could lessen in severity and frequency with climate change" for all they know.

[Warpy]

3. Not as bad as the black blizzards of the late 20s and early 30s

in the plains states, but it's certainly bad enough.

The light dust storms we get here in northern NM in the spring and fall are bad enough. I can't imagine anything as bad as what they're dealing with.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. Don't miss the photo gallery.

Largest dust storms in 70 years cover Sydney