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Definition of drought declared in English: drought declaredadjective Australian (of a district) officially recognized as being affected by drought and eligible for relief payments, taxation concessions, and other benefits. we will need a lot more rain before we take these shires off the drought declared list Example sentencesExamples - Farmers across these drought declared regions require a solid 12 months' supply of water on their properties before the declaration is revoked.
- Based on previous methods, about half of NSW would be drought declared.
- There are now 39 drought declared shires across the state - three of which are partially declared - plus 34 individual farms.
- The total land area drought declared is slightly under 75 per cent.
- Large parts of Cape York and the Gulf of Carpentaria missed out on monsoon rain this season, with nine northern shires drought declared yesterday.
- Severely drier-than-normal soil moisture levels for this time of year remain in parts of drought declared regions of the Otago, Canterbury, and Marlborough regions.
- The state government will provide up to $20,000 in assistance to drought declared producers each financial year.
- Dry southern parts of the state which haven't seen decent rain this wet season have been added to the long list of drought declared areas.
- One-third of Queensland was officially drought declared last week after the wet season failed.
- The story is repeated throughout rural Queensland, with 63 per cent of the state drought declared.
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