Tornado rips through western NSW — what are tornadoes and what do we need to know?
- Written by: Dale Dominey-Howes, Professor of Hazards and Disaster Risk Sciences, University of Sydney
A tornado has swept through central western New South Wales, with the Bureau of Meteorology reporting damage to houses, powerlines and trees around the Clear Creek area, north-east of Bathurst.
But while many think of tornadoes as a rare event in Australia, they are actually surprisingly common, and have killed quite a number of people since...
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