Perth On Target For Worst Drought Ever Recorded

PERTH, AUSTRALIA – JANUARY 28: Sprinklers are pictured watering a residential lawn as Perth moves closer to suffering the longest drought on record, with today marking 69 consecutive days without rain, on January 28, 2010 in Perth, Australia. Assuming no rain falls before midnight tonight, today will become the second longest Perth drought on record, with 68 days rain-free recorded in November 1994 and the longest of 83 days in the summer of 1974-5. (