Rain deluge in eastern Australia set to extinguish NSW bushfires this week
by Lisa Cox from Environment | The Guardian on (#4Z4Y5)
Torrential rain over three days has already put out one megablaze, the Gospers Mountain fire
A deluge of rain and wild weather could extinguish all remaining fires in New South Wales by the end of the week, the Rural Fire Service hopes.
Torrential rain over three days in the state, which has been ravaged by bushfires and endured a prolonged period of drought, has already extinguished one megablaze, with the Gospers Mountain fire that has burned for months in the Hawkesbury declared out on Monday.
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