Australia Fires Today Rain
SYDNEY -- With more than 100 fires still burning in Victoria and New South Wales Australia rain would seem like a welcome relief.
Australia fires today rain. Dry lightning sparked 44 fires on Wednesday but most were quickly dealt with by firefighters. Rain and cooler temperatures are bringing some relief this morning for communities devastated by the out-of-control bush fires raging across Australia. Welcome rain has started to fall on the fire-hit east coast of Australia.
Heavy rainfall in Australias New South Wales has forced the evacuation of several towns and the closure of more than 50 schools but also extinguished some. SYDNEYForecasters expect heavy rain in parts of Australias fire-ravaged southeast in the coming days offering relief to firefighters but raising. The rain brought little relief to to bushfire-affected regions.
After months of intense heat and devastating bushfires Australias east coast was battered by heavy rainstorms Saturday causing flash flooding in parts and road closures. Saturday January 18 2020 1200am GMT The Times. The fires fueled by drought and the countrys hottest and driest year on record have been raging since September months earlier than is typical for Australias annual wildfire seasonSo far.
The downpours have already helped to extinguish 32 bushfires in New South Wales alone as the number of fires fell from 120 to 88 on Thursday. Australias bushfire-stricken east welcomes drenching rain. Heavy rains and thunderstorms have lashed parts of Australias east coast dousing some of its fires but bringing a new threat of flooding to some areas.
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. FIRST CAME FIRE Massive rain bomb closes in on Australia bringing floods and devastating 85mph winds after bushfires. A large trough is deepening through.
Although rain fell on parts of the fire-ravaged. Its a sight and sound that will be welcome to all Australians amid the devastat. 15 2020 223 am ET.