It will take more than one heavy rainfall to recover from the drought conditions currently plaguing Australia, AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Andy Douty told Newsweek.
Rain in Australia could give firefighters enough of an advantage to build containment lines for smaller wildfires, but it won't be enough to make a significant, long-term impact on the flames.
On Monday, parts of the country saw rain and cooler temperatures, bringing some relief to firefighting efforts, but Douty said he was confident that it"definitely" wouldn't be enough to put the flames out. For there to be a long term impact on firefighting efforts, Australia needs multiple"good, soaking rainfalls" that will extinguish the flames and restore moisture to the dry soil.
Rainfall between January and August 2019 was the lowest on record in areas of Queensland, New South Wales , South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory, according to the Bureau of Meteorology in Australia. This caused the root-zone soil moisture—the water available to plants—in parts of every Australian state to be below average and even the lowest on record in some areas.
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