Jan 2011 - Cyclone Bianca Dust Storm over Northam. Shot from Toodyay, Western Australia

Alan Dow from Dow Electrical Services in Toodyay shot this footage from the back of his house. Towards the end of the video, a rain storm hit above him and he had to retreat inside the house.
The wind tore the roof from houses, blew cars off the road and uprooted trees.

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• bianca
• toodyay
• york
• northam
• cunderdin
• western austraia
• wheatbelt
• dow electrical
• sandstorm
• wind

[tarnsand]

How do you pronounce "Toodyay"? Is it like' 2d-yay' or' 2d-yee' Good vid. Cheers from western Canada

[hodgesonline]

@tarnsand Thanks for the comment.  Toodyay is pronounced by the general public as "Too Jay" but apparently the Indigenous pronounce it something like "Doo Jee" if that makes sense.

[slipknotrules4evas]

i was at duidgee park at the time and got hit with a tree branch lol

[sinkthepink1983]

toodyay used to be called duidgee. the park is still called duidgee park

[lazynicole]

We lost our house in Goomalling. :(

[jokerman693]

:D i was in that......we didn't see it coming. it just hit and tore our neighbours roof off

[opplevelse]

I'm sure this has been pointed out to you already, but this storm had nothing to do with TC Bianca :) it was simply a coincidence that TC Bianca was expected to hit Perth the following day. :) Nice video though!

[macca7992]

@tarnsand

Toojay is how pronounce it

[xXTheXxCrAzYGaMiNgxX]

kinda like that movie 2012 when the ash cloud comes scary as hell man :/

[XxitsNatixX]

THIS IS SCARY !

[darraghruddy]

Nice video mate, I have one of it up there too, first time I saw anything like it, it was pretty spectacular. Hope the damage wasn't too bad afterwards, we drove through York and it was really saddening seeing all the destruction.