Published 2 months ago

Mosquitoes plague outback Northern Territory town after months of rain

Summary by Ground News

Tennant Creek has had plenty of rain this year and there is now a plague of mosquitoes in the outback Northern Territory town. 328 millimetres of rain fell during January – the most since 2017 – and that was followed by the wettest February since 2011. NT Health said eradicating the mosquitoes was out of the question.

0 Articles

All

Left

Center

Right

ABC Australia

Tennant Creek overrun by mosquitoes as authorities test for infectious diseases

Authorities have conducted 20,000 tests for mosquito-borne diseases after Tennant Creek received double the monthly average rainfall during January and February.

2 months ago·Australia

Read Full Article

Think freely.Subscribe and get full access to Ground NewsSubscriptions start at $9.99/year

Stories disproportionately reported by the Left or the Right

Ground News Article Assistant

Not enough coverage to generate an Article Assistant.