/ 05 October 2022

La Niña, the (unwanted) gift that just keeps on giving

Image source: AAP
Image source: AAP

Unless you’re a fish, duck, or fish-duck hybrid, you are probably not that excited about the weather bureau predicting more wet weather this week with heavy rain expected in eastern Oz from FNQ right down to Tassie. That ups the flood risks for already saturated areas, with at least 50mm expected by Friday up and down the coast, which will be followed by – you guessed it – more rain over the weekend. And you know things are soggy when Victoria’s Dartmouth Dam is beyond full and started spilling over for the first time in 26 years. So far, it’s a quirky tourist attraction, but it could pose serious problems for farmers downstream with more water coming as the snow melts across the Victorian Alps as we head into warmer weather.

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