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Dust storm turned the Australian city in a fiery desert

Added	Sat, 24/02/2018
Источники	gismeteo.ru
Дата публикации	Sat, 24/02/2018
Версии	Colorful clouds and precipitation is unusual

A massive dust storm that hit the Australian town of Charleville this week, turned the settlement into a fiery desert.

Social network users published pictures of a dusty city located in the South-West of Queensland. State police urged residents to be careful on the roads and respect the security measures in low-visibility conditions.

Weather Bureau of Queensland has posted on Twitter satellite images of high resolution. "Storm in the area raised a lot of dust and knocked down trees", — said in comments.

According to the met office, the dust storm was about 200 km wide, and the speed of its winds reached 97 km/h These dust storms are not uncommon in Australia. For example, in 2013 the red dust storm hit the West of the country.

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