Australian authorities issue evacuation orders as heavy rain lash Sydney and the east coast of the state of New South Wales
There are still 33 fires burning in Australia's New South Wales state, but they are all at the lowest warning level of"advice" and mostly in southeastern areas where the rains are headed.Australian authorities issued evacuation orders as heavy rain lashed Sydney and the east coast of the state of New South Wales on Monday, bringing chaos to the country's largest city while dousing bushfires that have raged since November.
"It's certainly quite a significant event. It's led to a record number of calls to our call centre. It's quite widespread," NSW State Emergency Service spokesman Andrew Richards said. Thanks to the rain, the NSW Rural Fire Service on Sunday night declared that one of the state's worst bushfires, Currawon on the south coast, was finally out. The fire had burned for 74 days, destroying 312 homes and razing nearly 500,000 hectares of land.
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