Dust storm leaves Mildura in darkness

A dust storm descended on Mildura on Tuesday afternoon.

It left the country town in complete darkness.

The Bureau of Meteorology posted a time-lapse video showing the cloud sinking in.

Click PLAY below to see it!

Impressive vision of the dust storm that moved through #Mildura airport at 5pm. Wind gusts reached 57 km/h in the storm, while #Walpeup had gusts to 87 km/h and #Hopetoun hit 85 km/h. A severe weather warning is current for the #Mallee: https://t.co/N1uhs307nn #VicWeather pic.twitter.com/5otLZEVeqG

— Bureau of Meteorology, Victoria (@BOM_Vic) May 7, 2019