Australia’s Outback Becomes an Inland Sea After Torrential Rains

In March 2025, an extraordinary deluge in Queensland unleashed massive flooding across Australia’s outback, overwhelming rivers, isolating towns, and prompting helicopter evacuations. Satellite imagery revealed vast swaths of submerged land, with floodwaters surpassing records from 1974. While the region is no stranger to cycles of drought and flood, experts called this event extreme, driven by [...]