Smoke blankets Sydney as air pollution rises 11 times above 'hazardous' level

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Smoke blankets Sydney as air pollution rises 11 times above 'hazardous' level
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Smoke from Australia's bushfires blanketed Sydney on Tuesday, creating unhealthy air quality conditions for locals -- which measured 11 times the 'hazardous' level in some parts of the city.

Smoke from Australia's bushfires blanketed Sydney on Tuesday, creating unhealthy air quality conditions for locals -- which measured 11 times the"hazardous" level in some parts of the city.

New South Wales government's director of environmental health called the haze"unprecedented," Reuters reported."This smoky period we've been experiencing for the past month or so, it is unprecedented, so these conditions are a risk to people's health," Richard Broome said, according to Reuters.

— James Jeffrey December 9, 2019 Parents said on social media that their children had to be sent home from school because of the smog."The smoke is so bad my kids' school is closing and they're being sent home because they can't keep the smoke out of the building," one mother tweeted."The smoke alarms keep going off."Sydney's famous Bondi Beach was smothered in smoke.

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