Big chill hits Queensland, Australia. (Queensland is about the size of California and Texas combined)
BONE-chilling winds of up to 75km/h have blasted through southeast Queensland, bringing down trees, powerlines and even a brick wall. The southwesterly winds saw Brisbane record its lowest June temperature on record. A maximum of 13.1C was recorded at the airport but the wind chill factor dragged this down to only 5.6C.....
Weather bureau statistician Ann Farrell said the previous June record for the airport was 13.9C in 1958 and the coldest overall was 10.6C in August 1954. Toowoomba was worse off, recording a wind chill temperature of -9.3C overnight, with parts of the Darling Downs reporting a blast of early morning sleet and snow. At noon it had risen to -3.8C. All of the Downs and Granite Belt reported extremely cold conditions, with Warwick 1C at 2pm and Applethorpe -1.2C, thanks again to the wind. Overnight Brisbane dipped down to -2.5C, allowing for the wind factor....
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Just returned from 2 weeks in Peru.
ReplyDeleteThere are record lows being reached and it is not even the heart of winter yet. In Puno, in the Andes near the Peru/Bolivia border, poor people are freezing to death. The gov't launched a major clothes drive this week.
I looked for stories about this online, in english, and have found nothing!!