Australia Fires Update Rain

The rains also marked the end of a.

Australia fires update rain. This rain has been so welcome after the fires and the drought up here. 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. 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.

Ms Neville said 220 new blazes had started in. A wide band of rain sweeping New South Wales NSW. According to New South Wales Rural Fire Service media officer James Morris the torrential rain helped put out the Currowan fire on Saturday.

Multiple regions across Australia reported Thursday they had received more than a months rainfall in just 24 hours according to 9 News Australia. An elderly NSW man became the latest victim of Australias horror bushfire season on Sunday bringing the national death toll to 28. The heavy rains are forecasted.

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 live. Heavier falls were between Taree and Murwillumbah.

Regions along the New South Wales coast have received downpour that helped some parched areas and some active bushfires. 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. The Yarra River in Melbourne turns brown as dust in the rain pours in from the north.

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. Storm flooding misery follow bushfires in Australia. 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.