A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Melbourne_dust_storm" id="mwAYQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1983 Melbourne dust storm">dust storm hits Melbourne</a>, resulting in the worst drought on record and severe weather conditions in the city.<sup about="#mwt345" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-67"}}' id="cite_ref-67" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_8#cite_note-67" id="mwAYU" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 67;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAYY">[67]</span></a></sup>
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