First Drought, Now Floods Killing Thousands of Australian Cattle
- Heavy rains have stricken hundreds of thousands of cows
- Floods closed ports, shuttered mines and damaged crops
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Hundreds of thousands of cattle may have died after torrential rains struck Australia’s Queensland state, the nation’s largest producer, which had been battling years of drought.
Fodder for stricken cattle is being distributed by air, Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Friday. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk described seeing a “sea of dead cattle” after touring a property in Cloncurry, ABC news reported.