SYDNEY: The Australian state of Queensland is in the grip of its most widespread drought ever, with close to 80 percent of its territory parched after a failed wet season, officials said on Friday.

Australia is famous for its droughts and flooding rains, and Queensland was hit by devastating floods in 2010-2011 which left much of the state a disaster zone and brought the state capital Brisbane to a standstill.

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