Australia Fires Update Rain

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.

Australia fires update rain. Thunderstorms and torrential rain have wreaked havoc in the fire-devastated states of New South Wales Queensland and Victoria. 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. Taree has received 47mm rainfall Port Macquarie had 28mm and Byron Bay has received 57mm rainfall.

Regions along the New South Wales coast have received downpour that helped some parched areas and some active bushfires. 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. However around 25 are yet to be contained.

Ms Neville said 220 new blazes had started in. Cooler conditions and rain will give Victorian firefighters a break from blazes across the state. Multiple regions across Australia reported Thursday they had received more than a months rainfall in just 24 hours according to 9 News Australia.

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. Although rain fell on parts of the fire-ravaged areas in New South Wales and Victoria Australia and in some areas the rain was torrential officials are already warning residents that the fires and resultant smoke and aerosols will return to their former state with a vengeance by. Storm flooding misery follow bushfires in Australia.

The rains are not expected to end the drought or extinguish all the fires. The Yarra River in Melbourne turns brown as dust in the rain pours in from the north. A wide band of rain sweeping New South Wales NSW.

Monday 6 January 2020 852 AM AEDT. Significant rain is forecast to fall across multiple Australian states bringing much needed respite after a week of catastrophic bushfire weather conditions. According to New South Wales Rural Fire Service media officer James Morris the torrential rain helped put out the Currowan fire on Saturday.