Dust Storm Descends and Giant Hails Batter Bushfire-Weary Australia

Giant Hails and Dust Storms Batter Bushfire-Weary Australia

Thunderstorms and giant hail battered parts of Australia’s east coast on Monday after “apocalyptic” dust storms swept across drought-stricken areas.

Dust Storms

Australia has since October been overwhelmed by an unprecedented bushfire season made worse by climate change. Swathes of the country have burned, hundreds of millions of animals have died, more than 2,000 homes have been destroyed and at least 29 lives have been lost.

According to the report of Phys.org, violent hail storms pelted the capital Canberra on Monday, with footage showing the storm ripping branches off trees. While dramatic images captured over the weekend from western New South Wales show a massive wall of dust rolling through outback towns.

Dust Storms

Locals reported being cast into darkness in the middle of the day. Emergency services were warning people there to “move cars undercover and away from trees and power lines”.

The bureau of meteorology told people in the southeast of New South Wales to be “well prepared” for the approaching storm.

“Severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging, locally destructive winds, large, possibly giant hailstones and heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding in the warning area over the next several hours,” the bureau said.

In Victoria, where bushfires continue to smolder, heavy rainfall overnight was welcomed in fire grounds in the north, but authorities said it also brought with it new dangers.

The wet weather has brought a reprieve for many fire grounds along the east coast, but authorities remain on high alert, warning that the bushfire season still has weeks to run.

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