Australia Fires Update Rain

That particular fire burned 499621 hectares of land.

Australia fires update rain. However around 25 are yet to be contained. 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. Victorians have been given some relief as more bushfires have been brought under control and rain hit South Australia where 32 homes were destroyed.

According to New South Wales Rural Fire Service media officer James Morris the torrential rain helped put out the Currowan fire on Saturday. Taree has received 47mm rainfall Port Macquarie had 28mm and Byron Bay has received 57mm rainfall. Torrential rain across the east coast of Australia has extinguished a third of the fires in the region - and could put more out officials say.

A month ago Australians were praying for rain to put out horrific wildfires and save forests animals and homes. Canberra airport closed reports of air tanker crash in NSW bushfires latest updates. Cooler conditions and rain will give Victorian firefighters a break from blazes across the state.

The rains are not expected to end the drought or extinguish all the fires. The Yarra River in Melbourne turns brown as dust in the rain pours in from the north. Significant rain is forecast to fall across multiple Australian states bringing much needed respite after a week of catastrophic bushfire weather conditions.

A deluge is now falling on Australias. 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. This rain has been so welcome after the fires and the drought up here.

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. Brendon ThorneGetty Images. Relief is here for a number of firefighters.