Reflecting the drying of eastern Australia, this year's wetland area index—the total area of wetlands—was 122,283 ha, also decreased considerably from the previous flood year of 2022 ...

AFP Sydney: Whole herds of cattle have drowned in vast inland floods sweeping across the Australian outback, officials said Tuesday, as the muddy tide drenched an area the size of France.

Rising waters on Tuesday morning encircled the remote outpost of Thargomindah, which describes itself as Australia's farthest town from the sea. A makeshift dirt flood levy was dug around the town ...

Whole herds of cattle have drowned in vast inland floods sweeping across the Australian outback, officials said Tuesday, as the muddy tide drenched an area the size of France. Swollen rivers burst ...