Millions of dead fish clog up Australian river near remote town
Authorities say ‘millions’ of fish died in the Darling River near the small town of Menindee in New South Wales.
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Authorities say ‘millions’ of fish died in the Darling River near the small town of Menindee in New South Wales.
Millions of dead and rotting fish have clogged a vast stretch of river near a remote town in the Australian outback as a searing heatwave sweeps through the region.
Environmental authorities blamed the mass deaths on low levels of oxygen in Australia's second-largest river amid elevated temperatures. This is the third mass die-off in the area since 2018.
Millions of dead and increasingly rotting fish block a stretch of river in a remote town in the Australian outback, which is experiencing an intense heat wave. Videos posted on social media show boats making their way in a sea of dead fishs that almost completely cover the fluvial surface. Dead fish "as far as…
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