Hundreds of thousands of fish were found dead in the Darling River in Australia in the third environmental disaster of its kind in two months, official sources said on Tuesday. About a million fish have died near Menindee due to the presence of oxygen-absorbing algae, conditions that have been aggravated by drought and abrupt temperature changes, Efe news reported.

New South Wales Regional Water Minister Niall Blair confirmed the new case after photographs of dead fish were published by residents on Monday. The town located some 930 km from here is the centre of this ecological catastrophe that have affected the country-s main river system, amidst a severe drought and intense heat.