{"id":11476,"date":"2012-05-24T14:53:06","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T19:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/74182835.jpg"},"modified":"2012-05-24T14:53:06","modified_gmt":"2012-05-24T19:53:06","slug":"a-man-shelters-from-the-rain-under-his-u","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2012\/05\/24\/lessons-from-the-outback-how-australia-survived-drought\/a-man-shelters-from-the-rain-under-his-u\/","title":{"rendered":"A man shelters from the rain under his u"},"author":50,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"acf":[],"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/74182835.jpg'><img width=\"300\" height=\"185\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/74182835-300x185.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/74182835-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/74182835.jpg 594w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Melbourne, AUSTRALIA: Parts of parched Australia received its heaviest rainfall in years but farmers warned that much more was needed if the six-year drought was to be broken.  Towns in eastern Australia have experienced at least 25 millimetres (one inch) of rain since a wet weather system arrived with the National Farmers Federation saying the rain was vital to winter crops but more was needed to break the drought which is crippling farm production and threatening water supplies in major cities.  AFP PHOTO\/William WEST (Photo credit should read )<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>A man shelters from the rain under his umbrella as he passes a giant mural showing the drought-affected Australian outback which is blocking public view of a fountain, turned off to conserve water in Melbourne&#8217;s CBD, 18 May 2007.   <\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","media_details":{"width":"594","height":"367","hwstring_small":"height='79' width='128'","file":"2012\/05\/74182835.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"74182835-150x150.jpg","width":"150","height":"150","source_url":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/74182835-150x150.jpg"},"medium":{"file":"74182835-300x185.jpg","width":"300","height":"185","source_url":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/74182835-300x185.jpg"},"station-thumb":{"file":"74182835-140x367.jpg","width":"140","height":"367","source_url":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/74182835-140x367.jpg"},"multimedia-thumb":{"file":"74182835-300x100.jpg","width":"300","height":"100","source_url":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/74182835-300x100.jpg"},"thumb-100":{"file":"74182835-100x100.jpg","width":"100","height":"100","source_url":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/74182835-100x100.jpg"},"featured-thumb":{"file":"74182835-60x60.jpg","width":"60","height":"60","source_url":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/74182835-60x60.jpg"},"full":{"file":"74182835.jpg","width":594,"height":367,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/74182835.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"AFP\/Getty Images","camera":"","caption":"Melbourne, AUSTRALIA: A man shelters from the rain under his umbrella as he passes a giant mural showing the drought-affected Australian outback which is blocking public view of a fountain, turned off to conserve water in Melbourne's CBD, 18 May 2007.   Parts of parched Australia received its heaviest rainfall in years but farmers warned that much more was needed if the six-year drought was to be broken.  Towns in eastern Australia have experienced at least 25 millimetres (one inch) of rain since a wet weather system arrived with the National Farmers Federation saying the rain was vital to winter crops but more was needed to break the drought which is crippling farm production and threatening water supplies in major cities.  AFP PHOTO\/William WEST (Photo credit should read WILLIAM WEST\/AFP\/Getty Images)","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"2007 AFP","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"A man shelters from the rain under his u"}},"post":11434,"source_url":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/74182835.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11476"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11476"}]}}