Asthma alert expected as ambos, forecasters swap notes on Sunday's coming storm

By Emily Woods
Updated December 2 2016 - 2:08pm, first published 1:19pm
After a warm weekend, thunderstorms are expected to strike Melbourne on Sunday. Photo: Ian Ranson
After a warm weekend, thunderstorms are expected to strike Melbourne on Sunday. Photo: Ian Ranson
Victims of the thunderstorm asthma epidemic inundated hospitals across Melbourne last month. Photo: Justin McManus.
Victims of the thunderstorm asthma epidemic inundated hospitals across Melbourne last month. Photo: Justin McManus.
Four of the eight people who died in last week's thunderstorm asthma epidemic: Hope Carnevali (left), Omar Moujalled, Apollo Papadopoulos, and Clarence Leo. Photo: Supplied
Four of the eight people who died in last week's thunderstorm asthma epidemic: Hope Carnevali (left), Omar Moujalled, Apollo Papadopoulos, and Clarence Leo. Photo: Supplied

Health organisations and the Bureau of Meteorology are banding together to provide a health warning to Victorians, before thunderstorms which are forecast to hit Melbourne on Sunday.

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