Australia has always been prone to extended droughts but in some parts of the continent changes in rainfall patterns are causing major problems for population centres. It has reached the point in my city that the winter rains have become so unreliable that the government has been forced to build desalination plants to boost the potable water supply.
The tropical parts of Australia will always get their monsoonal rains but now it looks like there will be bigger and more frequent cyclones (the southern hemisphere version of a hurricane) to contend with. I've been through several cyclones, they are absolutely terrifying when you are cowering in a tent on a beach I can tell you. Went through that situation when I was eight years old. I'll never forget it.
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 "It is better to be feared than loved" - Nicolo Machiavelli
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