It’s Raining in Australia
Buzzwool, January 5, 2020, by nowdiza
https://www.buzzwool.com/2020/01/its-raining-in-australia.htm
Rain and cooler temperatures have brought some relief to bushfire-ravaged areas of Australia, but firefighters have warned it’s not enough to quell the flames.
Australian authorities began assessing the damage on Sunday from heatwave-spurred bushfires that swept through two states a day earlier, as a brief break in the searing temperatures provided a temporary respite from blazes that have scarred the country’s east coast for weeks.
Despite the welcome change, officials have warned that the light rain would prove no match for the almost 200 fires burning in the region.
“It certainly is a welcome reprieve, it is psychological relief if nothing else,” New South Wales (NSW) state Rural Fire Service commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said in an afternoon briefing on the situation. “But unfortunately it is not putting out the fires.”