After devastating bushfires that ravaged Australia, killing animals and destroying homes, flood is now sweeping through parts of the country.
And now, there's more erratic weather battering Australia and bringing normal life to a standstill.?More recently, the Bureau of Meteorology in Australia issued warnings of?severe thunderstorm hitting parts of?New South Wales.?
Residents posted videos that showed a massive dust storm descending on Dubbo and nearby towns - the storm was so thick that it nearly blocked out the sun.
Others shared pictures of golf-ball-sized hailstones that?rained down amid severe thunderstorm, which brought damaging winds and heavy rainfall.?
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"The dust storms affecting central western New South Wales are a direct consequence of two years of drought and greatly diminished vegetative cover on the soil surface," the CNET quoted?Stephen Cattle, a soil scientist at the University of Sydney, as saying.?
He also explained that these large rolling storms have been seen frequently after periods of drought.
Downpours over the past few days have provided relief for parts of drought-stricken NSW and helped firefighters slow the spread of bushfires and build containment lines before increased fire danger mid-week.
Hollywood?actor Russell Crowe posted two images to Twitter Sunday, showing his home?New South Wales, which was charred and smoky 10 weeks ago and dramatically clear after heavy rains that lashed the area.?