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Australia fires update rain. Multiple regions across Australia reported Thursday they had received more than a months rainfall in just 24 hours according to 9 News Australia. Ms Neville said 220 new blazes had started in. New South Wales fire services nonetheless welcomed the rain which they said would help to control the 75 fires burning in the state.

Regions along the New South Wales coast have received downpour that helped some parched areas and some active bushfires. Significant rain is forecast to fall across multiple Australian states bringing much needed respite after a week of catastrophic bushfire weather conditions. Victorians have been given some relief as more bushfires have been brought under control and rain hit South Australia where 32 homes were destroyed.

Monday 6 January 2020 852 AM AEDT. A wide band of rain sweeping New South Wales NSW. Rain pelts fire-ravaged Australian states bringing new risks -- and some relief By Joshua Berlinger and Hilary Whiteman CNN Updated 0130 GMT 0930 HKT January 17 2020.

Heavier falls were between Taree and Murwillumbah. That particular fire burned 499621 hectares of land. A deluge is now falling on Australias.

The rains also marked the end of a. The Yarra River in Melbourne turns brown as dust in the rain pours in from the north. Taree has received 47mm rainfall Port Macquarie had 28mm and Byron Bay has received 57mm rainfall.

However around 25 are yet to be contained. Canberra airport closed reports of air tanker crash in NSW bushfires latest updates. Australia fires media caption Australias capital Canberra is engulfed in smoke Rain has fallen in fire-ravaged parts of Australia and temperatures have dropped - but officials have warned that.