Man captures moment bone-dry river flows again after torrential rainfall.
A firefighter controls a spot fire near Bredbo, south of the Australian capital, Canberra, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020. The threat is posed by a blaze on Canberra's southern fringe that has razed more than 21,500 hectares since it was sparked by heat from a military helicopter landing light on Monday, the Emergency Services Agency said.
Rain put out the Currowan Fire south of Sydney late Saturday after it destroyed 312 homes and razed 500,000 hectares over 74 days, the New South Wales state Rural Fire Service said. Fitzsimmons bid farewell at a Sydney Airport hotel on Sunday to 21 American and 21 Canadian firefighters who were heading home after their deployment battling Australian blazes.
The State Emergency Service reported six flood rescues overnight near Grafton, north of Sydney. They were mostly people who became stranded while attempting to drive through floodwater.On Australia’s northwest coast, Tropical Cyclone Damien made landfall late Saturday as a category 3 storm and weakened as it moved inland.
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