Tag: Australia drought

• Monday, August 6th 2018 - 06:45 UTC

  East Australia suffering worst drought in living memory: massive cull of livestock

  

  The worst drought in living memory is sweeping parts of eastern Australia, leaving farmers struggling to cope and asking questions about their future. Record-low rainfall in some regions and successive seasons of above-average temperatures have blighted vast tracts of Australia's grazing and crop land.