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Australian farmer rejoices after heavy rainfall amid record-breaking drought

2019-11-05 111 Dailymotion

An Australia farmer celebrates by diving into a floodwater and swimming after sudden rainfall breaks a record-breaking drought.<br /><br />A series of heavy downpours across New South Wales brings much-needed relief to many farmers facing ruin.<br /><br />The filmer told Newsflare: "2014 was the last time we had this amount of rain and in 48 hours we had 5 inches of rain. <br /><br />"Dad has been feeding cattle and sheep for the last 5 years and works every day with barely a day off in extreme conditions (50-degree heat)... he takes it all in his stride and keeps pushing.<br /><br />"I haven't seen a smile like this for a long time on him."<br /><br />The joyous footage was captured on Sunday (November 3) in Bourke.<br /><br />Much more water is needed to end the current drought but that didn’t stop farmers and their families from celebrating.

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