Australia Fires Update Rain
Heavy rains drench some Australia bush fire zones helping firefighters contain the raging blazes.
Australia fires update rain. New South Wales fire services nonetheless welcomed the rain which they said would help to control the 75 fires burning in the state. Torrential rain across the east coast of Australia has extinguished a third of the fires in the region - and could put more out officials say. Monday 6 January 2020 852 AM AEDT.
The heavy rains are forecasted. Significant rain is forecast to fall across multiple Australian states bringing much needed respite after a week of catastrophic bushfire weather conditions. The Yarra River in Melbourne turns brown as dust in the rain pours in from the north.
However around 25 are yet to be contained. Multiple regions across Australia reported Thursday they had received more than a months rainfall in just 24 hours according to 9 News Australia. A deluge is now falling on Australias.
Regions along the New South Wales coast have received downpour that helped some parched areas and some active bushfires. Taree has received 47mm rainfall Port Macquarie had 28mm and Byron Bay has received 57mm rainfall. Thunderstorms and torrential rain have wreaked havoc in the fire-devastated states of New South Wales Queensland and Victoria.
A month ago Australians were praying for rain to put out horrific wildfires and save forests animals and homes. Heavy rains across eastern Australia have brought relief to exhausted firefighters and farmers leading to scenes of jubilation after years of droughtWith more rain forecast it is good news. That particular fire burned 499621 hectares of land.
A wide band of rain sweeping New South Wales NSW. Australia fires media caption Australias capital Canberra is engulfed in smoke Rain has fallen in fire-ravaged parts of Australia and temperatures have dropped - but officials have warned that. Heavy rains in the state of New South Wales this week contained the last of a series of deadly wildfires some of them lasting for months to plague Australia.