11-03-2013 06:47 AM | New Zealand

Government issues warning to drought-ravaged farmers

Farmers should know in a few days if Tropical Cyclone Sandra, forming off the coast of Australia, will bring some vital rain to parched New Zealand farmland, forecasters say.

MetService meteorologist Daniel Corbett said the cyclone formed last week over the warm waters of the Coral Sea and was tracking towards New Caledonia.
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