SHOOT: In South Korea and in China they have poisonous 'Yellow Dust' storms. This is happening because the vegetation that held the soil together has recently burned away. Now when the wind blows, there is very little to keep the soil on the ground. We'll see this more and more around the world - places like Los Angeles etc.
An outback dust storm swept across eastern Australia and blanketed Sydney on Wednesday, disrupting transport and placing health authorities on alert for widespread respiratory illness.
The dust blacked out the outback mining town of Broken Hill on Tuesday, forcing one mine to shut down, and then swept east, shrouding Sydney in a red glow on Wednesday morning.
International flights were diverted from Sydney, ferries on Sydney Harbour were suspended and commuter motorists warned to take care on roads as visibility was dramatically reduced.
"People who have any breathing issues stay inside and keep the windows closed," said New South Wales state Emergency Services Minister Steve Whan.
"This dust is acting like a cloud layer," said Ms Golding.
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clipped from www.telegraph.co.uk
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