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Sydney residents woke up to a blanket of red dirt and patches of “brown rain” on January 24 after dust storms plagued towns in inland New South Wales.A low-pressure system over the state’s ...
5 January 1863 is Sydney's first recorded 40 °C (104 °F) day, when the mercury hit 41.6 °C (106.9 °F) at Sydney's Observatory Hill. [11]During January 1896, a state wide heatwave blasted through NSW and caused the mercury in Sydney to hit 40.7 °C (105.3 °F) on the 6th and 42.5 °C (108.5 °F) on the 13th, this ended Sydney's longest streak of days under 40.0 °C (104.0 °F) which lasted ...
The 2009 Australian dust storm, also known as the Eastern Australian dust storm, was a dust storm that swept across the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland from 22 to 24 September 2009. The capital, Canberra, experienced the dust storm on 22 September, [1] [2] and on 23 September the storm reached Sydney and Brisbane.
A massive haboob struck in Western Australia's Pilbara near the town of Onslow Saturday, and witnesses rushed to social media to post the orange, mountainous clouds formed by the dust storm.
After stepping down as the host of 7.30 in 2022, Leigh Sales returns to ABC TV as the new host of Australian Story which had been without a host since Caroline Jones left in 2016. [6] 28: New sketch show We Interrupt This Broadcast premieres on the Seven Network. [7]
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 ...
On 28 February the Brisbane River's height reached 3.8 metres (12 ft), higher than the 2.3-metre (7 ft 7 in) peak height of flooding in 2013 but below the 3.9 metres recorded during the 2010–2011 Queensland floods [20] and less than the peak height of 4.46m in 2011. [21]
A teen umpire is being hailed as a hero after his quick thinking rescued a 7-year-old baseball player who got caught in a dust devil. Aidan Wiles, 17, was working as an umpire during a youth ...