A giant dust storm has brought visibility down to as low as 100 metres in parts of south-west Queensland.A dust storm that brought visibility down to 100 metres in parts of south-west Queensland will likely dissipate as it continues eastThere is also the potential for showers or storms around south-east Queensland on Saturday night, but they are expected to move off the coast by Sunday afternoon
A front pushed up from the South Australia and New South Wales whipped up the dust storm stretching from the Northern Territory border to west of Saint George in Queensland. Visibility was down to less than 1,000 metres in parts of the Channel Country with some volunteer weather observers reporting visibility at less than 100 metres.
Meteorologist Lauren Pattie from the weather bureau said the dust storm would continue east but dissipate before reaching the Darling Downs."There will be a little bit of dust haze around tomorrow but it will slowly start to easy back."
The Sun through my window was an orange-red colour this-morning. That makes it, one day later in Victoria.
Worst I have seen in Roma in 40 years!
KatieMouse71 Maybe this is what yesterday, turned my blue/grey car russet brown & covered all my plants in the same dust.
Have lived in Roma for 40 years and this is the worst I've seen
Its dust storms every few days here... big red ones more frequent too. The joys of living in Straya 😁😪
Does anyone know where Bill Gates is?
Any news on the record breaking rains BOM_WA THEIRABC auspol
Is the end of the world nearing ABC?
George Miller could film the next one here without any special effects 😢
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