Bushfire destroyed parts of NSW to flourish under heavy rain and thunderstorms
Heavy rain is set to fall over the next couple of days on parts of NSW ravaged by bushfires. The parched townships had missed out on the downpour in previous months.
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Some of the state’s bushfire ravaged townships will flourish under rain today and tomorrow after missing out on the waterfall in previous months.
Eastern parts of the state like Tumut are expected to be drenched in 15mm to 30mm of rainfall, forecasters said.
Southern parts like Mildura and the Riverina have had about 20mm of rain so far.
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“The current rainfall is a trough coming from the north and its right across the state and then it connects to a low-pressure system which is south of South Australia,” Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Helen Kirkup said.
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“There are two fronts that will come through, the first one will be today which will enhance the rain. Temperatures will drop on Saturday.
“A lot of our recent rain events didn’t cover the southern parts. The entire east coast was bushfire ravaged and hopefully areas like Tumut will get rainfall too.”
Pooncarie, a town east of the Darling River, received about 30mm of rain this morning with other towns in the vicinity also reaching similar levels.
West of the central west region, Condobolin got 27mm of rain and Ms Kirkup said decent rainfall was continuing in the central west area with thunderstorms expected later today.
“There is also the possibility of thunderstorms today. Places like the central west will see more heavy rainfall and thunderstorms,” she said.
“This is useful rain.”
A national spokesman for the bureau said rain over the coming days would ease drought conditions in some areas but long term, heavy rain will be needed for NSW to recover.