MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Six people have died and five remain on life support after a rare condition known as thunderstorm asthma struck Australia’s second-largest city.
The Health Department says the sixth victim died in a hospital on Saturday night from medical complications stemming from a wild thunderstorm that struck Melbourne on Monday night.
The statement says five patients remain in intensive care units and three of those are in critical condition.
More details in Monday’s Borneo Bulletin.
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