Voice of America: There is cautious hope that Australia’s long drought is about to break. The La Nina weather pattern has drenched parts of the arid continent in recent months. Sydney had its wettest November in more than a decade, up the coast in Queensland tropical storms have provided relief to hard-pressed farmers. From Sydney, Phil Mercer reports. The grey skies over much of eastern Australia in recent weeks have been welcome. For the past several years, the country has been gripped by the worst …