Experts are warning Australians who suffer from asthma to prepare for a thunderstorm allergy season

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A canister of Ventolin is displayed in Sydney on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016. (AAP Image/Paul Miller) NO ARCHIVING Source: AAP / PAUL MILLER/AAPIMAGE

Asthma sufferers are being warned that Australia will soon be hit with a peak allergy season. The ongoing La Nina weather event puts allergy sufferers at higher risk, especially between the start of October to the end of December, according to experts.



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