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Sydney under a sand blanket: transports in tilt

Sydney, Australia - Delays and cancellations into the flights

This morning Sydney has been recovered by a compact red sand blanket brought by a strong storm, the most powerful in the last decades, according the experts, adding that the phenomenon is moving until 600 km on the Queensland's coast, towards New Zealand. Besides the forecast effects on road, motorway and railway circulation, the desert sand tempest has strongly hit the airport activity, recording...

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Rome, Italy, 09/23/2009 18:18
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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