Epidemic Thunderstorm Asthma

One stormy November night in 2016, a horror story unfolded across Melbourne.

There was a 681% increase in asthma-related hospital admissions, and 10 people died. Some of them had never experienced  prior to the storm.

This event is the most severe recorded case of a phenomenon known as epidemic thunderstorm asthma.

Epidemic thunderstorm asthma

I never heard of it and pretty weird I thought. It may occur elsewhere too.

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