Thanks to the pouring rain, the New South Wales area in Australia saw a decrease in its hotspots. (Image via The New Daily)

Rainfall puts down hotspots in New South Wales, 42 remaining

Alfonsus Adi Putra
Social & Life
Weather
Feb 07, 2020
2009
The torrential day that last a day became the natural fire extinguisher for the wild bushfire in New South Wales, Southeastern Australia. Almost one-third of the hotspots was extinguished thanks to the rain, said one official from the New South Wales Rural Fire Service.

Previously, there were 62 hotspots in New South Wales. After a rain that lasted almost a day on Thursday night, the number decreased by 20 to 42 hotspots. For 24 hours, some areas in NSW received about 100mm to 150mm rainfall.

The official was positive that the stable rainfall will extinguish further hotspots during the weekend. Together with the rain, about 1.200 firefighters and personnel came down to extinguish the fire.

On the other parts of Australia, Brisbane and Melbourne also received the same rain intensity. Therefore, the Bureau of Meteorology warned the possibility of flood since the rain is expected to keep falling.

However, the areas near the capital city of Canberra had received limited rain so far.

Since November 2019, the raging wild bushfire had killed more than 20 people and laid waste to millions of hectares of land. About one billion faunae died or had to be euthanized due to the gruesome condition.

Source: https://bit.ly/38hs9L7

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