Officials now warn of flash floods and landslides, but after months of devastating bushfires, the downpours are still some relief
Heavy rain in Coogee, Sydney, Australia, on February 7 2020. Picture: AAP IMAGE/VIA REUTERS/PETER RAE
“There’s lots of smiles around the place,” NSW Rural Fire Services commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons, who has been more accustomed in recent weeks to delivering fire evacuation orders, told reporters in Sydney. By afternoon, there were 40 active fires in NSW, less than half the number of blazes at the peak of the crisis, with all burning at the lowest level danger warning of “advice” only. Neighbouring Victoria state had 21 active fires, also at the lowest level.
Sydney alone was expected to receive as much as 130mm of rain in the 24 hours to Saturday morning, the biggest one-day rainfall since February 5 2002, data on the bureau’s website showed on Friday.
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