After fire, dust and hail play havoc on Australian summer

Drought-ravaged parts of rural Australia have been hit by dust storms that threaten to drift over more heavily populated cities including Sydney, bringing a new element to the extreme weather that has dominated the country over summer. In Canberra, the national capital, cricket ball-sized hail stones smashed car windows on Monday. Residents posted videos on social media of themselves sledding through streets in t-shirts.