Australia Fires Today Rain
But for firefighters battling the blazes the wetness makes it.
Australia fires today 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. The number of active fires dropped from more than 60 to 42 in just one dayAuthorities in New South Wales warned of flash flooding on Australias east coast. With the little bit of rainfall it can make access to the fire sites more difficult for firefighters.
SYDNEYForecasters expect heavy rain in parts of Australias fire-ravaged southeast in the coming days offering relief to firefighters but raising. A large trough is deepening through. 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.
A wide band of rain sweeping New South Wales NSW. The fire ravaged state of New South Wales in Australia received much-needed torrential downpours that doused active fires reducing the total number by a third as The Guardian reported. Welcome rain has started to fall on the fire-hit east coast of Australia.
NASA satellite data continues to provide a look at the smoke and aerosols generated by the massive fires in Australia. GETTY In Penrith to the north-west temperatures maxed. 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.
The rain brought little relief to to bushfire-affected regions. 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. Severe hot weather has caused extreme conditions in Australia Image.
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. 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. There was barely any east of Bairnsdale.