Australia Fires Today Rain
15 2020 223 am ET.
Australia fires today rain. A large trough is deepening through. Saturday January 18 2020 1200am GMT The Times. NASA satellite data continues to provide a look at the smoke and aerosols generated by the massive fires in Australia.
The moment that the whole world has been waiting for has finally come around Australia received heavy rain severe thunderstorms and flash floods. With the little bit of rainfall it can make access to the fire sites more difficult for firefighters. Australias bushfire-stricken east welcomes drenching 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. Rain and cooler temperatures are bringing some relief this morning for communities devastated by the out-of-control bush fires raging across Australia. 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.
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. The fires fueled by drought and the countrys hottest and driest year on record have been raging since September months earlier than is typical for Australias annual wildfire seasonSo far. 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.
A wide band of rain sweeping New South Wales NSW. 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. But for firefighters battling the blazes the wetness makes it.
The rain brought little relief to to bushfire-affected regions. NASA satellite data continues to provide a look at the smoke and aerosols generated by the massive fires in Australia. After weeks of severe bushfire conditions rain is expected to sweep across Australia eastern states throughout the week.