Dust haze from wild South Australian storm shrouds Sydney

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Dust from a chaotic large wind which deed parts of South Australia has been blown thousands of kilometres to nan nation's eastbound coast.

A dusty haze is hanging successful nan aerial successful Sydney Canberra and different parts of nan ACT and NSW.

Drivers successful South Australia were warned to propulsion over erstwhile visibility became truthful bad yesterday afternoon.

The authorities was besides deed by chaotic winds and precocious seas.

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In nan South Australian township of Peterborough, residents were caught disconnected defender by nan particulate storm.

"You couldn't spot nan clubrooms astatine all. It was each conscionable a metre successful beforehand of you, and you could conscionable sensation it.

"It was really horrible," section Janet Fielding said.

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It didn't conscionable bring nan eerie reddish glow.

The destructive upwind besides sent parts of nan authorities into acheronian , pinch powerfulness lines ripped down successful Grange successful Adelaide.

Westfield Marion successful nan metropolis was besides plunged into darkness, causing immoderate little disruptions for unit and customers.

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The particulate from South Australia has blown to New South Wales.

A hazy entity tin beryllium seen astatine Maroubra Beach successful Sydney.

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The Sydney CBD is hazy from nan particulate large wind which has blown from South Australia.

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The particulate is besides causing visibility issues.

Weatherzone said Canberra Airport reported haze overnight, pinch visibility reduced to astir 5-6 km for much than an hour.

Sydney Airport's aviation forecast, besides warned of blowing particulate connected Tuesday morning.

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The upwind successful Sydney will besides go much windy, pinch a maximum somesthesia of 19.

It will enactment barren however, aft days of rain.

Melbourne will spot showers and a precocious of 15 degrees.

Showers will move successful to Adelaide, Hobart and Canberra.

Brisbane will spot a precocious of a lukewarm 29 degrees.



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The Sydney Harbour Bridge is clouded successful haze from dust.

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There are upwind warnings successful spot for nan Great Dividing Range and Illawarra.

The BOM forecasts winds averaging 50 to 65 km/h pinch highest gusts of astir 90 km/h.