Australia records driest September as fires rage in NSW, Victoria and Tasmania
by Lisa Cox from Environment | The Guardian on (#6F7PT)
The month was also Australia's third-warmest September on record as El Nino and the climate crisis combined
Australia has recorded its driest September since records began in 1900 with a national rainfall average of just 4.83mm.
The data from the Bureau of Meteorology on Monday came as fires burned out of control in Victoria and New South Wales amid warnings of potential flash flooding later in the week.
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