Australia Fires Update Rain. Heavy rainfall in australia's new south wales has forced the evacuation of several towns and the closure of more than 50 schools, but also extinguished some of the persistent bush fires that have. The rain comes after one of the driest.
Rainfall in australia cools country down but temperatures will take off again. As of january 17, fires have burnt roughly 10 million hectares (25 million acres) of land, an area larger than south korea or portugal. 130 fires are still burning across nsw, while 14 are still burning in victoria, including several watch and act alerts.
Some major roads were closed and.
Although this rain won’t extinguish all fires, it will certainly go a long way towards containment, tweeted australia’s nsw rural fire service. Canberra airport closed, reports of air tanker crash in nsw. 130 fires are still burning across nsw, while 14 are still burning in victoria, including several watch and act alerts. Heavy rainfall in australia's new south wales has forced the evacuation of several towns and the closure of more than 50 schools, but also extinguished some of the persistent bush fires that have.