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Hazardous' range. However this was not as intense and had cleared by mid morning. The storm reached Brisbane on the evening of 26 September 2009, with the haze expected to clear by 28 September 2009. On 29 November 2009, another minor dust storm occurred, which decreased visibility
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Central Australia, and during the peak of the storm, the Australian continent was estimated to be losing 75,000 tonnes of dust per hour off the NSW coast north of Sydney. The dust storm coincided with other extreme
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wanted it to have the red dust. We discussed it at length and we came up with these images of Sydney during the dust storm that they had a few years ago. There are these wonderful photos of the Sydney Opera House and it’s covered with red dust. That formed the basis for Las
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According to the New South Wales regional director of the Bureau of
Meteorology, Barry Hanstrum, the cause was an "intense north low-pressure area" which "picked up a lot of dust from the very dry interior of the continent". Senior forecaster Ewan Mitchel said winds from a
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Schools were disrupted as those children who attended were distracted by the dust storm, while many parents kept their children home. School trips and sports activities were cancelled for the day, and children were directed to stay inside during breaks in some schools.
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The dust storm reached
Central and North Queensland by the evening of 23 September 2009. However the effect was less serious, with visibility between 50 and 7,000 metres. Commercial flights were not disrupted. Affected areas include
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concentration levels reached 15,400 micrograms per cubic metre of air. Normal days register up to 20 micrograms and bushfires generate 500 micrograms. This concentration of dust broke records in many towns and cities. The
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2070:– Hourly Air quality index (AQI) values (Current and Historical) with map
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1958:"Roger Deakins on 'Blade Runner 2049' and That Elusive First Oscar"
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1792:. Mackay, Queensland: APN News & Media. 25 September 2009.
1110:"Australian Weather Event Brings Rain to New South Wales Crops"
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1528:"Red dust storm: half-empty classrooms and missed excursions"
893:. NASA – Earth Observatory. 25 September 2009. Archived from
1283:. Australia: News Limited. 26 September 2009. Archived from
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927:"Sydney Hit by 'Nuclear Winter' as Dust Storm Envelops City"
1852:. New Zealand: APN Holdings NZ Limited. 25 September 2009.
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Nichola Saminather and Rebecca Keenan (23 September 2009).
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and by dust settling on the ground. Dust settled across
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were lost and a helicopter was required to locate them.
1822:. Cairns, Queensland: News Limited. 24 September 2009.
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districts of the North Island and it also reached the
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1616:"Brisbane CBD dusted: Sydney storm heads north"
1902:"Australian dust storm arrives in New Zealand"
725:Mid-storm and post-storm contrast, Sydney, NSW
1556:"Red dust: face masks flying off the shelves"
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1614:Arjun Ramachandran (23 September 2009).
1369:Sydney swelters in record November heat
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1338:"Second dust storm sweeps through Qld"
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1108:Madelene Pearson (23 September 2009).
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2080:DustWatch interactive dust map viewer
1956:Tapley, Kristopher (4 October 2017).
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2047:In pictures: dust storm in Australia
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1756:"Storm arrives dust in time for tea"
1080:"Severe dust storm sweeps Australia"
430:Roads were disrupted, including the
220:The dust storm was described by the
1439:Michael Janda (23 September 2009).
1416:. 23 September 2009. Archived from
1277:"Dust storm heading towards Sydney"
1172:Roberts, Greg (25 September 2009).
1053:. 23 September 2009. Archived from
1017:"Melbourne Airport warns of delays"
960:"Australia engulfed by dust storms"
841:Megan Doherty (23 September 2009).
432:main tunnel of the M5 East Motorway
2060:at Earth Observatory (part of the
1786:"Fire fear follows in dust's wake"
1500:"Giant dust storm blankets Sydney"
1174:"Are the dust storms radioactive?"
336:The first city to be affected was
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2161:History of Gold Coast, Queensland
1826:from the original on 22 July 2011
1734:"Dust storm engulfs southern Qld"
1646:Conal Hanna (23 September 2009).
1384:. ABC Online. 23 September 2009.
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1473:"Red dust cloud covers Sydney"
1382:"Dust storm hits Northern NSW"
1306:NSW DECC (26 September 2009).
1180:. News Limited. Archived from
604:, cinematographer of the film
563:Auckland International Airport
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2035:Some photographs from smh.com
1846:"Storm's red dust reaches NZ"
1680:"Dust descends on Gold Coast"
891:"Dust over Eastern Australia"
151:Eastern Australian dust storm
1876:"Desert storm hits Taranaki"
1140:"North Coast chokes in dust"
2166:Weather events in Australia
2064:EOS Project Science Office)
2058:Dust over Eastern Australia
1247:"Welcome to Coughs Harbour"
548:(Normanton and Kowanyama).
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1308:"Hourly Air quality index"
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323:to 5 km over Sydney.
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300:Olympic Dam uranium mine
240:Meteorological situation
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1682:. Gold Coast Bulletin.
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