Flood waters pour into Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre in rare spectacle ‘supercharged by climate change’

Sacred site of the Arabana people could get its most significant top-up in a generation as floods spread across the outback

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A pulse of flood water has surged into Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre in what could be the most significant top-up in a generation.

The sacred site of the Arabana people is home to rivers and creeks that drain towards the second largest salt lake in the world. Its surrounding basin sprawls across 1.2m sq km , or just under one-sixth of Australia’s landmass.

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