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The 1983 Melbourne dust storm was a meteorological phenomenon that occurred during the afternoon of 8 February 1983, throughout much of Victoria, Australia and affected the capital, Melbourne. Red soil, dust and sand from Central and Southeastern Australia was swept up in high winds and carried southeast through Victoria.
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 ...
On 8 February, Melbourne was enveloped by a giant dust storm. The dust cloud was over 300 metres (980 ft) high, 500 kilometres (310 mi) long and was composed of an estimated 50,000 tonnes (49,000 long tons; 55,000 short tons) of topsoil from the drought-ravaged Wimmera and Mallee areas of north-west Victoria. Leading a dry cool change and ...
Jun. 19—A dust storm Wednesday afternoon along Interstate 25 near Algodones and San Felipe Pueblo caused multiple crashes that sent at least 18 people to the hospital, according to the Sandoval ...
8 February 1983 – The city is enveloped by a massive dust storm that "turned day into night". 16 February 1983 – Melbourne is encircled by an arc of fire as the Ash Wednesday fires encroach on the city. 18 September 1984 – Storm causes flooding of 100 homes in the eastern suburbs. [23] December 1990 – Heatwave causes 4 deaths. [24]
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 ...
Hard rain of 1 foot and more inundated the southeastern coast of North Carolina on Monday as a storm moved ashore and aimed for the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
The Sahara desert is a key source of dust storms, particularly the Bodélé Depression [7] and an area covering the confluence of Mauritania, Mali, and Algeria. [8] Sahara dust is frequently emitted into the Mediterranean atmosphere and transported by the winds sometimes as far north as central Europe and Great Britain.