Australia Fires Update Rain

Ms Neville said 220 new blazes had started in.

Australia fires update rain. That particular fire burned 499621 hectares of land. 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. Storm flooding misery follow bushfires in Australia.

Heavier falls were between Taree and Murwillumbah. Canberra airport closed reports of air tanker crash in NSW bushfires latest updates. The Yarra River in Melbourne turns brown as dust in the rain pours in from the north.

Brendon ThorneGetty Images. Taree has received 47mm rainfall Port Macquarie had 28mm and Byron Bay has received 57mm rainfall. Australia fires live.

Significant rain is forecast to fall across multiple Australian states bringing much needed respite after a week of catastrophic bushfire weather conditions. This rain has been so welcome after the fires and the drought up here. An elderly NSW man became the latest victim of Australias horror bushfire season on Sunday bringing the national death toll to 28.

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. A month ago Australians were praying for rain to put out horrific wildfires and save forests animals and homes. 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.

Cooler conditions and rain will give Victorian firefighters a break from blazes across the state. A deluge is now falling on Australias. New South Wales fire services nonetheless welcomed the rain which they said would help to control the 75 fires burning in the state.