Australian: MURRAY-Darling Basin water storage is at its lowest since 1940 with less than 1 per cent of divertible water available for critical environmental watering needed to protect endangered species and habitats. Murray-Darling basin Commission chief executive Dr Wendy Craik said very hot weather arrived in early November with temperatures six degrees celsius above average for for much of the southern part of the basin. “While there had been good rainfall in November, higher …