Australia is an extremely dry continent that regularly experiences dust storms due to droughts, but usually these dust storms don't reach the cost. On September 23, Sydney, Australia was engulfed in a massive dust storm that turned the skies orange and had the residents wearing masks to go outside (if they dared venture outside at all). Many residents took pictures of the dust storm themselves, but the storm was so big that it could be seen 
from space and NASA's Terra satellite managed to get pictures. The wind was blown from nearby dry farmand by gale force winds into the air and then into Sydney. International flights had to be diverted to other places, other short/medium-haul flights were sent back to where they came from and emergecy services got many calls about difficulty breathing. No one was hurt in the dust storm but it caused a lot of chaos in Sydney.
from space and NASA's Terra satellite managed to get pictures. The wind was blown from nearby dry farmand by gale force winds into the air and then into Sydney. International flights had to be diverted to other places, other short/medium-haul flights were sent back to where they came from and emergecy services got many calls about difficulty breathing. No one was hurt in the dust storm but it caused a lot of chaos in Sydney.
Crazy - I could not imagine experiencing that!
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