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Sophia McCaughan

Australia on track for decades-long megadroughts

Modelling by researchers suggests Australia could be hit by much longer than usual droughts. (David Mariuz/AAP PHOTOS)

Megadroughts that last more than two decades and are more severe than anything in recent experience could soon hit Australia, according to fresh climate modelling.

The droughts are exceptionally severe, long-lasting and widespread and can last decades or even centuries, researchers at the Australian National University and ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes say.

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