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Rachael Ward

Long pollen season prompts thunderstorm asthma warning

Authorities have warned of a heightened risk of thunderstorm asthma this summer. (Simon Bullard/AAP PHOTOS)

There's a heightened risk of thunderstorm asthma due to a longer than usual grass pollen season in southern Australia.

Ten people died and emergency departments were overwhelmed during Victoria's last major thunderstorm asthma event in 2016 and conditions this year are proving difficult to predict.

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