8,500 hospitalized from thunderstorm asthma, killing five in Melbourne

November 27, 2016 – Panicked Melbourne residents flooded emergency services with calls after a freak storm sent the pollen count soaring. Thousands were hospitalized with cardiac and chest pain.
Six people remain in intensive care with four of them in a critical condition after an extraordinary thunderstorm triggered thousands of asthma cases in Melbourne, Australia, Victorian state health authorities told local media on Saturday. In all, five people have already died and 20 others remain hospitalized for conditions related to the storm.
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