New South Wales, an east coast state where nearly a third of Australia’s population lives, has seen some areas drenched by the heaviest rainfall in almost 20 years, with severe weather and flash flood warnings.
There were still more than 35 active fires in New South Wales on Saturday, half of them yet to be contained, but officials said the downpours, which are expected to continue into next week, may dampen them.
After months of destructive wildfires that have razed millions of hectares of land, Australia has been hit in recent weeks by wild weather that has brought heavy downpours, hail storms and heat waves.
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