The 100th meridian marks a dividing line between moist climates to the east and arid climates to the west. Climatologists now ...

As the climate warms, drought conditions are intensifying in many parts of the world. The effects of hydrological drought on ...

They truck water in, but it’s expensive. And each day, they turn on that tap and wonder if they’ll run out before the next delivery arrives.

The chilly snap has also coincided with blue skies - Townsville recorded 102mm of rain in the first six days of April, but since then, it’s been bone dry ... an entire wet season ago.