Australia Fires Update Rain

However around 25 are yet to be contained.

Australia fires update rain. Ms Neville said 220 new blazes had started in. Relief is here for a number of firefighters. 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. Storm flooding misery follow bushfires in Australia. That particular fire burned 499621 hectares of land.

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 rains are not expected to end the drought or extinguish all the fires. Multiple regions across Australia reported Thursday they had received more than a months rainfall in just 24 hours according to 9 News Australia.

Victorians have been given some relief as more bushfires have been brought under control and rain hit South Australia where 32 homes were destroyed. 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. According to New South Wales Rural Fire Service media officer James Morris the torrential rain helped put out the Currowan fire on Saturday.

The heavy rains are forecasted. NASA satellite data continues to provide a look at the smoke and aerosols generated by the massive fires in Australia. 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.

Thunderstorms and torrential rain have wreaked havoc in the fire-devastated states of New South Wales Queensland and Victoria. New South Wales fire services nonetheless welcomed the rain which they said would help to control the 75 fires burning in the state. Significant rain is forecast to fall across multiple Australian states bringing much needed respite after a week of catastrophic bushfire weather conditions.