
Australia bushfire: Rain offers hope in forest fire fight
Tuesday, January 14, 2020, 11:12 AM
Forecasts of heavy rain offered hope Tuesday in the months-long battle to contain Australia's unprecedented bushfires, but smoke lifted pollution-levels in the nation's second biggest city to among the worst in the world. Cool weather over recent days has already given some respite for exhausted firefighters spread out across vast swathes of the country, with some of the biggest blazes now brought under control.
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