Australia suffers worst drought in 1,000 years

I can sure as hell attest to that, I have never not been able to hose my retreat, darn it all

Australia drought worst in 1000 years

Depleted reservoirs, failed crops and arid farmland spark global warming tussle

Australia's blistering summer has only just begun but reservoir levels are dropping fast, crop forecasts have been slashed, and great swaths of the continent are entering what scientists yesterday called a "one in a thousand years drought".

With many regions in their fifth year of drought, the government yesterday called an emergency water summit in Canberra. The meeting between the prime minister, John Howard, and the leaders of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Queensland was told that more than half of Australia's farmland was experiencing drought.

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