2020 Australian bushfires: more rainfall

When I wrote my February 8th article I knew, thanks to Bill Gabbert's February 7th article that rains had arrived in portions of Australia helping to put out some of the wildfires. Rains have continued over the weekend with the New South Wales (NSW) Rural Fire Services Facebook page reporting on February 10th that firefighters, assisted by the rain have but out some thirty bushfires since February 7th amounting to over 1.5 million hectares burned (3,760,580 acres). In a February 11th update on their Facebook Page, the NSW Rural Fire Services reported that there are still 26 bushfires burning across NSW with four have yet to be contained. That is great news for the firefighters and all the residents, businesses, animals, etc. affected by the bush fires.

With the arrival of the rains, however long that lasts, comes the concern of flash flooding, possibble land slides, winds, power outages and perhaps other concerns not mentioned here, see this report from 7 News Australia  for more information (video in report may not play in your browser). See also this recent article from The Guardian  and this report about rainfall in Victoria from News 7 Australia  (thanks to Mike Archer's Wildfire News of the Day e-mail newsletter).

I am not ignoring the rest of Australia, rather because I have been following the NSW Rural Fire Service on Facebook and for simplicity, I have been focusing on that State. I am well aware that bush fires have affected other States in Australia.