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Australia & New Zealand: Widespread deficits will retreat

Australia & New Zealand: Widespread deficits will retreat

The forecast through November indicates that widespread exceptional water deficits will retreat. Surpluses are forecast in Australia between the Macquarie and Lachlan Rivers in the Murray-Darling Basin and from Sydney to Victoria’s border. Deficits in New Caledonia will be severe.

Australia & New Zealand: Water deficits to remain intense in Tasmania

Australia & New Zealand: Water deficits to remain intense in Tasmania

The forecast through September indicates mild water deficits in much of Australia with more intense anomalies in Tasmania, surrounding Melbourne, in the eastern Murray-Darling Basin, and reaching north to the Darling Downs and Brisbane. In New Zealand, deficits are forecast on North Island. Extreme to exceptional deficits will persist in New Caledonia.