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Western NSW residents still cleaning up dust one year from apocalyptic storm
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The dust storm blocked out the sun, plunging multiple towns into complete darkness.
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After the best harvest in a decade, images of an apocalyptic orange cloud which blanketed towns in western New South Wales a year ago seem like a distant memory.
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Australian National University honorary Associate Professor John Leys says dust storms have reduced 10-fold since the drought broke
Satellite data from CSIRO has found ground cover is back to about 40 per cent in New South Wales