Asthma thunderstorm: ‘I have never seen anything remotely like it.’

Yarraville's Carnovale Pharmacy was inundated with people seeking relief from asthma last night after a severe thunderstorm hit Melbourne – to the point where the pharmacy ran out of Ventolin. Two Victorians died after they suffered respiratory problems in the “thunderstorm asthma” emergency, and more than 2,000 triple 0 calls were made for ambulances between