Heavy and widespread rain across three states is bringing joy to parched towns with some farming regions receiving “drought-breaking” rains.
Further rainfall from ex-Tropical Cyclone Esther was delivering water into regional water storages and rivers, with farmers able to plant crops for the first time in several seasons.
WaterNSW said major flows from Queensland were boosting flows into the Barwon-Darling river system that was seeing its biggest natural flows since 2016.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/mar/05/drought-breaking-rains-bring-joy-to-some-states-but-many-water-storages-still-await-relief
