The Murray-Darling River Basin in southeast Australia is suffering its worst drought on record. The crisis has forced Australians to change how they use water.
Starved of water from the drought-stricken Murray-Darling river system, reservoirs in southeast Australia are at their lowest levels ever (Photo: Murray-Darling Basin Commission)
The bleached bones of an emu lie on cracked earth, just steps from a pond of muddy water. But this is not a desert in the Australian outback; it's what's left of the Umberumberka reservoir in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state. The scene is proof of the country's worst ever drought.
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