January 20, 2020. — Bureau of Meteorology, Western Australia (@BOM_WA) May 24, 2020 There were reports of damaged homes and businesses across the region as the storm continued on into the night. The dust storm approaches Dubbo, a small town in eastern Australia, on Jan. 19. Waves crash to shore as a dust storm blows towards the sea in Geraldton, Western Australia, in this still image taken from a May 24, 2020 video obtained from social media. Media caption Giant dust storm turns skies orange in south-east Australia. This, as a cyclone hit a cold front on the southern part of Australia, bringing heavy rain, and raising emergency level storm warnings. GERALDTON, AUSTRALIA (FOX NEWS) — A devastating dust storm lashes parts of western Australia. Northampton Police shared this video and urged people to stay off the roads, but encouraged drivers to turn their headlights on if travel was essential. In recent months, the story of the water crisis has been dominated by the Black Summer fires and the global coronavirus pandemic. A giant dust storm brings visibility down to as low as 100 metres in parts of south-west Queensland, with a Bollon resident describing it as the worst she has seen.
Picture: Jason Davies / Severe Weather Australia Source:Supplied Marcia Macmillan's daughter braves the dust storm. This footage showing conditions in the town of Geraldton, Sunday. As the storms hit, there were multiple reports on social media of birds being injured or killed by the hail. The dust storm left more than 50,000 people without power. A giant dust storm has blanketed communities across south-east Australia, turning skies … It is the second dust storm to hit the Central West just this week. A drone captured this image of the dust storm over Parkes, NSW. Less than an hour after the dust arrive, much-needed rain brought some relief for residents with 2.2mm recorded at Dubbo Airport. ABC News (Australia) Recommended for you For months, wildfires raging in Victoria, Queensland, and New South Wales have darkened skies in eastern Australia. Parts of southeastern Australia are being pelted by golf ball-sized hailstones -- less than 24 hours after the region was hit by massive dust storms. Giant hail hits Melbourne while dust storm blocks out the sun in western NSW | ABC News - Duration: 9:25. In mid-January 2020, the skies turned a distinctive shade of orange for a different reason, as an enormous dust storm swept across the continent.. Image copyright Marcia Macmillan / AFP Image caption A dust storm hits Mullengudgery in New South Wales. Parts of central NSW were hit with an intense dust storm in January 2020, which saw rural towns cloaked in a rolling plume of brown and red dirt, turning day skies into night. 20 January 2020. An intense dust storm has swept through a huge area of South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria, reducing visibility and prompting a warning to drivers on outback roads. #Australia_Rain_Fire. A dust storm moving across Western Australia reduced visibility to “near zero” in some areas on May 24, police said. Waves crash to shore as a dust storm blows towards the sea in Geraldton, Western Australia, in this still image taken from a May 24, 2020 video obtained from social media. Western Australia battered by worst storms in a decade Homes were destroyed and tens of thousands of people left without power as a “once in a decade” storm pummelled the western half of … Australia: Extreme weather in pictures. ... 20 January 2020. In this Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, photo, a dust cloud billows over a street in Dubbo, Australia, 400 kilometres west of Sydney.