which part of australia is in drought?
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Practically the whole of Australia was affected but most persistently the coast of Queensland, inland areas of New South Wales, South Australia, and central Australia. This was probably Australia's worst drought to date in terms of severity and area.
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['Tasmania is Australias smallest state, although still more populous than any of its territories. ... ', 'The Northern Territory has an estimated 244,600 residents, making it the least densely populated part of Australia and one of the least densely populated areas in the world.']
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The average annual rainfall in Australia of around 470mm a year is well below the global average. Despite this, Australians are the greatest per capita consumers of water, using an average of 100,000L of freshwater per person each year.
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like I said, New South Wales has a far more stable climate, has a higher population, has regional centres which are affordable and great places to live and is closer to the centre of the action. I'm sure Queensland is nice too... except the cyclones, the floods, the deadly jellyfish, crocodiles and vicious snakes.
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The fires are concentrated along Australia's southeast coast, in the states of New South Wales and Victoria. The southeast is the most severely affected, but fires have also hit every Australian state and territory this season.
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Floods follow drought and fire in Australia – in pictures. ... Only a week ago, more than 60 fires were burning across NSW and 33 of those were uncontained. The five fires that are still burning out of control are all in the Bega Valley and Snowy Valley area in the state's south.
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Record-breaking temperatures and months of severe drought have fuelled a series of massive bushfires across Australia. Although recent cooler conditions and rain have brought some respite, more than 50 fires are still burning in the states of New South Wales and Victoria.
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ABSTRACT Droughts are major natural disasters for many parts of the world. Dry areas, where the precipitation pattern is markedly seasonal, or is otherwise highly variable, are the most susceptible. ... Unlike most other natural disasters, drought onset is difficult to identify.
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Australia's deadly fires have been fuelled by a combination of extreme heat, prolonged drought and strong winds. The country is in the grip of a heatwave, with record-breaking temperatures over the last three months.
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The man drought exists in every state and territory except the Northern Territory: In the NT there are 106 males for every 100 females. WA falls just short of breaking the man drought with 99 males per 100 females.
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In 2019–20, the fire season started early with drought affecting 95 percent of the state and persistent dry and warm conditions across the state. Twelve local government areas started the Bush Fire Danger Period two months early, on 1 August 2019, and nine more started on 17 August 2019.
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Tully has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen climate classification Af). With an average annual rainfall exceeding 4,000 millimetres (160 in), and the highest-ever annual rainfall in a populated area of Australia (7,900 millimetres (310 in) in 1950), Tully is arguably the wettest town in Australia.
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Driven by weeks of unusually dry weather, the federal government on Thursday classified parts of California as back in a drought for the first time since last year. Altogether, 9.5% of the state's land area is now in a moderate drought, with forecasts showing no rain in most of the state for at least the next 10 days.
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"They probably have moved about halfway through that tropical region of Western Australia," explained Rick Shine, a professor in biology at the University of Sydney. "They are in very inaccessible country now in the Kimberley.
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Key points: 90.8 per cent of NSW is still in drought, as of the end of May 2020. In January 2020, 100 per cent of NSW was drought-declared, according to the DPI. Some farmers think the drought is over after three months of above-average rainfall.
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['Board the ferry at Lilycove or Slateport and head for the Battle Frontier. ... ', 'Go to the Weather Institute on Route 119 and talk to the Scientist on the upper level. ... ', 'After doing the above, go back to the Weather Institute; the Scientist will tell you about a drought on a certain route.']
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Where are the fires? Every state and territory in Australia has experienced fires this summer. But the biggest fires burn along stretches of the eastern and southern coast, where most of the population lives. This includes areas around Sydney and Adelaide.