CANBERRA, ACT, May 27 -- Murray-Darling Basin Authority issued the following news release:
Severe Tropical Cyclone Alfred impacted southeastern Queensland and northeastern New South Wales (NSW) earlier this year, bringing widespread heavy rainfall and subsequent flooding.
Queensland's area-averaged rainfall total in March was 207.2 mm - 124% above the 1961-1990 average, making it the third wettest March on record since 1900.
This intense rainfall made history downstream, when the influx of water reconnected the Paroo and Darling Rivers for the third time in the past 100 years.
The increased flows saw communities throughout the entire stretch of the Barwon-Darling catchment faced with mild to moderate flood warnings in the weeks that f...