Rain brings brief respite in Australian bushfire crisis
2020-01-06 09:00:34 source：Reuters
January 6, 2020
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A second day of light rain brought relief for firefighters battling bushfires that have killed 24 people across southeastern Australia, but hot, windy conditions are expected to return later in the week, officials warned on Monday.
Sooty rain came down all along the coast, from Sydney all the way to Melbourne, with temperatures much lower in the low 20s Celsius (low 70s Fahrenheit), down from nearly 40 degrees C (104F) in some areas over the weekend.
“There is no room for complacency, especially given we have over 130 fires burning across the state still,” New South Wales state Premier Gladys Berejiklian told reporters on Monday morning.
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