Community | September 23, 2009 | 0 comments

Sydney dust blanket causes highest air pollution on record

Image
lhoopai
The dusty blanket that wrapped itself around Sydney this morning pushed air pollution levels to 1500 times their normal levels - the highest on record, a climate scientist says.

Sydneysiders woke to a red dawn this morning as a thick dust storm caused havoc with transport and raised health fears.

The size of the dust cloud surprised weather experts, who say it has covered half of NSW.
  1. groups:
    Community,   Green
  2. tags:
    Pollution Sydney Dust Storms
  3.     
    |

0 comments // Sydney dust blanket causes highest air pollution on record

more from Community:

top videos