The dust wall is heading towards New Zealand. Photo / Metservice
The dust wall is heading towards New Zealand. Photo / Metservice
An enormous wall of dust which has swept over New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory is making its way over the Tasman Sea towards our shores.
MetService reports the dust is visible from satellite imagery.
Western parts of the South Island could be hit by the dust wall tomorrow.
Strong northwest winds are picking up large areas of the dust, MetService said, ahead of a cold front.
Other parts of the country could be hit, including central New Zealand, which would not be reached until Friday.
In this visible image we see large areas of dust (the hazy brown areas over northwest New South Wales) picked up by strong northwest winds ahead of a cold front. As the front moves over NZ Thursday western parts of the South Island may be affected and Central NZ on Friday.^AB pic.twitter.com/9zMHfQ8wzi
"There are dust storms across NSW and it's spread across a very wide area, all the way from the border region of Queensland and South Australia near Tibooburra and all the way down into the ACT and even to the South Coast at Ulladulla.
"A strong cold front surging through the southeast is picking up dust and that could easily get into Sydney, most likely overnight."
