Rainfall deficiencies across Australia are increasing, despite recent flooding rainfall in Victoria and southern NSW.
, which showed that areas of rainfall deficiency have developed in parts of all states and territories in the five months from September to May 2023.
While large parts of the nation are unaffected , many of the severe deficiencies are in key food-growing areas, which is a concern for everyone from farmers to customers at the supermarket checkout. "Storage levels remain low in some parts of southern and central Queensland, south-eastern parts of New South Wales, central Tasmania, and urban areas of Perth," the BoM said in its statement.The map above shows the amount of rain that fell in the week up until 9am Saturday.
But only moderate amounts of rain fell in most of the long-term rain-deficient areas visible in the first map, meaning that this week's event has done little to prevent drought developing further afield as spring turns to summer.
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