Australians hopeful heavy rain across east coast will extinguish deadly wildfires
An injured kangaroo with a joey in its pouch, limps through burnt bushland in Cobargo, Australia January 9, 2020.
“There are risks associated with it, so it’s not always necessarily a great thing, particularly if we get the rainfall really quickly. What we really need is soaking, steady rain.” The wet weather brought some respite from the smoke haze that has plagued Australia’s major cities for weeks and has been tracked by NASA circumnavigating the globe. Still, Canberra and Melbourne ranked among the top 30 most polluted major cities worldwide.
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