A dust storm that has rolled across Victoria's north-west has shrouded Mildura in thick red dust, plunging the town into darkness in a matter of minutes.
Mildura resident and social worker Brando Smith, 28, said the sky went from blue to grey to orange and then to pitch black within 15 minutes.Brando SmithThe sky went dark and the street lights switched on during the Tuesday afternoon dust storm."We heard it was coming at about 4.55pm and by the time we came out we could see the massive orange cloud coming across," she said.
A CFA spokeswoman said they had received 12 callouts for false alarms going off in buildings in Mildura from about 5pm onwards.
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