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Cloudy with a chance of moths: bogong swarms are bamboozling weather radars across NSW

Radar systems designed for rain, hail and snow are picking up bogong moths migrating to the Australian Alps Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast It was during Sydney’s Olympic Games in 2000, people say, that a swarm of bogong moths attracted by stadium lights was so huge that meteorologists mistook it for rain. Fast forward 26 years and the bogongs are back in big numbers.…

Cloudy with a chance of moths: bogong swarms are bamboozling weather radars across NSW

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