Australia Fires Update Rain

The Yarra River in Melbourne turns brown as dust in the rain pours in from the north.

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. Cooler conditions and rain will give Victorian firefighters a break from blazes across the state. Taree has received 47mm rainfall Port Macquarie had 28mm and Byron Bay has received 57mm rainfall.

Canberra airport closed reports of air tanker crash in NSW bushfires latest updates. 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.

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. Ms Neville said 220 new blazes had started in. 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.

New South Wales fire services nonetheless welcomed the rain which they said would help to control the 75 fires burning in the state. A month ago Australians were praying for rain to put out horrific wildfires and save forests animals and homes. However around 25 are yet to be contained.

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. Significant rain is forecast to fall across multiple Australian states bringing much needed respite after a week of catastrophic bushfire weather conditions. Australia fires live.

This rain has been so welcome after the fires and the drought up here. The cool weather that has brought relief to Victoria will continue on Monday with showers expected to give firefighters some respite before the heat returns later in the. 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.