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The dust storm hit Melbourne just before 3:00pm, accompanied by a rapid drop in temperature and a fierce wind change that uprooted trees and damaged houses. Within minutes, visibility in the capital had plunged to 100 metres (330 ft). City workers huddled in doorways, covering their mouths from the choking dust, and traffic came to a standstill.
The storm system is "homegrown," meaning it formed quickly close to the coast, like most storms and hurricanes that hit the U.S. every year, according to Weather.com meteorologist Jonathan Erdman.
1983 Melbourne dust storm: February 8, 1983 Victoria, Australia: 1991 Interstate 5 dust storm: November 29, 1991 San Joaquin Valley, California: 2009 Australian dust storm: September 23, 2009 South Australia to inland New South Wales, Australia 2010 China drought and dust storms: Spring 2010 China and parts of Southeast Asia: 2014 Tehran dust ...
Local news station ABC 30 reported the dust storm triggered a 20-car pile-up and minor injuries for some drivers. Officers told the station that all lanes on the westbound side of Highway 152 were ...
In desert areas, dust and sand storms are most commonly caused by either thunderstorm outflows, or by strong pressure gradients which cause an increase in wind velocity over a wide area. The vertical extent of the dust or sand that is raised is largely determined by the stability of the atmosphere above the ground as well as by the weight of ...
Morgan called the damage "the worst storm damage" he has seen. The public is encouraged to sign up for alerts from Henderson County Emergency Management at: ConnectHC Alerts - Smart911 and ...
A once-in-1,000-year rainfall event from an unnamed storm floods homes and forces rescues in North Carolina Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist September 16, 2024 at 9:12 PM
The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Central Burke County in western North Carolina... Southeastern Caldwell County in western North Carolina... East Central McDowell County in western North Carolina... * Until 200 PM EDT Sunday.