Tag: Sydney

• Friday, February 8th 2019 - 08:30 UTC

  Fears in Australia that hundreds of thousands of cattle could have died in record floods

  

  Hundreds of thousands of cattle weakened from a severe drought are feared to have died in record-breaking floods in northeastern Australia, authorities said on Friday, as they stepped up efforts to feed surviving livestock.

• Thursday, November 22nd 2018 - 08:36 UTC

  Australia dust storm shrouds Sydney and reduces visibility to meters; air quality hazardous

  

  A dust storm that has swept across drought-stricken parts of New South Wales in Australia has shrouded Sydney's landmarks and sparked an air quality warning from the State Government. The dust storm, which stretches about 500 kilometers, reduced visibility to just meters in far western NSW including at Darling River and Broken Hill.