PHOTO: Persistent rain at Coonamble’s Biblah Farm makes it difficult for crops to dry out. (Image: Jason Williams)
This week’s declaration of a La Niña event this summer was met with disappointment across the region following three wet, dreary, and flooded summers. Local farmers have their own fears about what the summer might bring if the ground doesn’t begin to dry out soon.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) declared that the third La Niña event is underway in the Pacific, increasing the likelihood of above-average rainfall during Spring and Summer in the eastern parts of Australia.
With parts of the Western Plains already being under flood warning, La Niña has clearly made no delay in her arrival…