Record-low rainfall in some regions and successive seasons of above-average temperatures have blighted vast tracts of Australia's grazing and crop land.
[...] as grain silos in the south are emptied, desperate owners are being forced to slaughter animals, even if it means it will take years for herds to recover.
[...] The ground in drought-hit regions has dried out to such a depth that it is even killing large trees.
[...] The current dry period is not as extensive as the Millennium drought of 1997-2005, which devastated nearly 50 percent of the country's agricultural land and was associated with two El NiƱo systems, which bring hot, dry weather to Australia.
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Thursday August 09 2018, @07:24AM
....they were complaining about the flooding.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-26/100-years-of-drought/5282030?pfm=ms [abc.net.au]
This is normal Australia -- if you don't like the climate, wait five years, it'll flip-flop.
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.