Australia Fires Update Rain

Ms Neville said 220 new blazes had started in.

Australia fires update rain. According to New South Wales Rural Fire Service media officer James Morris the torrential rain helped put out the Currowan fire on Saturday. Australia is expected to get heavy rain this week but officials say it wont be enough to tamp down the raging wildfires that have gripped the country for months. Regions along the New South Wales coast have received downpour that helped some parched areas and some active bushfires.

A deluge is now falling on Australias. The rains are not expected to end the drought or extinguish all the fires. 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.

Rain pelts fire-ravaged Australian states bringing new risks -- and some relief By Joshua Berlinger and Hilary Whiteman CNN Updated 0130 GMT 0930 HKT January 17 2020. Storm flooding misery follow bushfires in Australia. The rains also marked the end of a.

This rain has been so welcome after the fires and the drought up here. Canberra airport closed reports of air tanker crash in NSW bushfires latest updates. Australia fires live.

However around 25 are yet to be contained. Significant rain is forecast to fall across multiple Australian states bringing much needed respite after a week of catastrophic bushfire weather conditions. Monday 6 January 2020 852 AM AEDT.

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. That particular fire burned 499621 hectares of land. New South Wales fire services nonetheless welcomed the rain which they said would help to control the 75 fires burning in the state.