Explainer: how a dust storm, and hazardous air quality, can harm your health
- Written by Mark Patrick Taylor, Professor of Environmental Science, Macquarie University
A major dust storm swept through Sydney and regional New South Wales this week. Red skies over Broken Hill on Wednesday night and Sydney on Thursday resembled those seen during intense bushfire activity and the massive 2009 dust storm.
The NSW government updated its air quality index to “hazardous”. People were advised to stay indoors...
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