Smoke Fairies Boxed In

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Since July, there were fires - sometimes hundreds at Once - the Burning in New South Wales , Australia's most populous state.

fought The Fire mammoth blazes a day during The State 's longest Bush fire season. More Than five million acres have burned, in the conditions of long drought and record-heat-deteriorated through the years. Dozens of people were killed across the country.

things finally changed when The Rain came in New South Wales last weekend.

A huge dump Water More Than 400 mm (15. 7in) in some locations to flooding and traffic chaos, but also helped many of the fires.

On Thursday, the means authorities that the circulation was in The Fire "Boxed In ", and while some areas are even on fire, the conflagration under control and not free to travel.

The majority of The Fire grounds up and down the coast, The Heavy drinkers, it was very necessary - with a lot of over 300mm in just one weekend.

Take, for example, The City of Nowra, in The State 's south, The Scene of wild blazes again in January.

precipitation (mm) in Nowra

NSW south coast

source: Bureau of Meteorology

The Rain was described by some as a Miracle , especially in view of the long-term forecast for the summer is a 80% chance of had falls predicted average.

Three years of a severe drought across the country had tinder forests left dry, to the race that it is too easy for The Fire into new areas.

however, it had to rekindle some rain before the last weekend, isolated showers could not dampen effectively The Soil and reduces The Risk of fire.

"Even if we have some declines of 30 or 50mm, it was not enough," Simon Heemstra of the Rural fire service (RFS) said the BBC.

"in General, if you 20mm, you should be happy to slow it down and put a lot of fire.

"But since it was so dry, you could always 50mm and rain would simply be absorbed very quickly. And within a couple of days, that the vegetation dried out again, and started Burning again. "

The RFS fleet of Water -bombing aircraft, against "megafires" are the size of small countries, could only have limited influence on such a landscape. At least two of The Fire More Than 500,000 acres had burned by the time you went.

But because The Rain was heavy and came quietly over the weekend, it could soak in sparse vegetation and seep deep into The Soil , rather than just run.

GettyNSW Bush fire

5. 4 million hectares of land burned

2,439 houses

destroyed 11,264 bush or grass

24mlitres fire fires-locking

source: NSW RFS

used"Because it is sustainable over a long period of time, we see it largely in the whole of the landscape," said Mr Heemstra.

"would you rain probably need to reach hundreds, even thousands of drops from the aircraft, the equivalent of a good amount of 30-50mm.

"the quantity that you would need to the Burning materials, the on these grounds is simply enormous. "

Air-cranes such as these have a 7,560-Liter fuel tank

Additionally, a Drop of Water from a plane is just "a short, sharp Drop ," that is, The Soil can not absorb properly. Sometimes the Water is whipped away, because of the wind around The Fire .

During the intense rains caused floods and raging surf, the damaged areas along The Shore , The Rain will help fact, fill reservoirs and dams urgently need.

The Heavy rains triggered flooding in many fire-affected areas

Sydney - The Nation 's largest city was under Water restrictions since the end of last year, as his dams fell below 45% capacity.

But The City could see a loosening of some of these boundaries now the Warragamba dam, which has replenished supplies 80% of its Water .

Getty warragamba dam -

Supplies 80% of Sydney ' s of Water

42. 7%on 7. February

76. 7%full 14 is on. February

34. 0% increase in a week

source: WaterNSW

More heavy rains are expected this weekend, with predictions that many of The State 's rivers to burst their banks, while in the inland you can even get hail.

Severe storms are also surfing as neighboring States, set the dough Queensland and Victoria with the cyclone winds, and More harmful. However, The Fire Department is looking for the silver lining in this cloud.

Already, the NSWRFS command headquarters in Sydney , was in The Chief station for storm actions. More firefighters were working on last week, to, save, than on The Fire grounds.

"From now on, we hope we said all this use continues to rain, and now what we've done already," Mr. Heemstra.

"Here's hoping that we cross the Finish Line . "

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Source of news: bbc.com