"The dry May combined with relatively poor rainfall in March and April contributed to large parts of Australia experiencing rainfall deficiencies during autumn,'' the bureau said today on in a statement on its Web site. It was the fourth-driest autumn on record across the Murray Darling Basin, it said.
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Algae stained mud carpets the drought-ravaged Gayngaru wetlands of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. |
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