Australians brace themselves for hay fever season as grass pollen levels peak
Australia set to suffer through the worst hay fever season in YEARS as record rain brings increased pollen into the air Allergy and asthma sufferers warned hay fever season is just around the corner La Nina weather event has actually helped some Australian states this season Regional Victoria, ACT and parts of NSW are experiencing high pollen levels
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Asthma sufferers are bracing themselves for one of the worst hay fever seasons in years after a wet winter.
Towns in northern Victoria including Shepparton and Bendigo are having a heavy pollen season, along with the ACT and parts of NSW.
But Melbourne, which endured a mass thunderstorm asthma event in 2016 with 10 fatalities and 1400 taken to hospital, could be spared this year.
Cold weather has washed the pollen out of the air and southerly winds coming across Bass Strait have not been bringing pollen into the city.
Towns across regional Victoria, the ACT and parts of NSW are having their heaviest pollen season yet (pictured, stock photo)
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