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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 08, 2023
Australia seen waiting till March for sustained rains to douse bushfires

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Reuters
16 January, 2020, 12:25 pm
Last modified: 16 January, 2020, 12:31 pm

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Australia seen waiting till March for sustained rains to douse bushfires

Some 100 fires are burning across the east coast, and authorities battling to contain them reckon most will stay alight until they doused by sustained rain

Reuters
16 January, 2020, 12:25 pm
Last modified: 16 January, 2020, 12:31 pm
A burning gum tree is felled to stop it from falling on a car in Corbago, as bushfires continue in New South Wales, Australia January 5, 2020. Reuters/Tracey Nearmy
A burning gum tree is felled to stop it from falling on a car in Corbago, as bushfires continue in New South Wales, Australia January 5, 2020. Reuters/Tracey Nearmy

Australia will have to wait until March for rains heavy enough to bring sustained relief from dry weather that has fueled deadly bushfires, the country's weather bureau said on Thursday.

Over the past few months the bushfires have razed an area roughly a third the size of Germany, killed 29 people, and destroyed more than 2,000 homes.

Some 100 fires are burning across the east coast, and authorities battling to contain them reckon most will stay alight until they doused by sustained rain.

Australia's Bureau of Meteorology said there is a 50% chance that the bulk of the country's east will receive average rainfall from March 1 through to May 30.

Even then, the bureau warned more rains would be needed to end three years of drought on the east coast.

"While outlooks for drier than average conditions have eased compared to those issued for late 2019, several months of above average rainfall are needed to see a recovery from current long-term rainfall deficiencies," the bureau said in an emailed statement.

The wetter outlook provided some hope for firefighters, who were helped on Thursday by downpours on the east coast.

"Although this rain won't extinguish all fires, it will certainly go a long way towards containment," the New South Wales Rural Fire Service said on Twitter.

The relief, however, is expected to be temporary, with hot weather forecast to return in coming weeks.

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