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Tropical System Could Ease Bushfire Danger in Bone-Dry Western Australia
Written by AZoCleantechFeb 8 2021
Bushfires have forced some Australians to flee COVID-19 lockdowns in the Perth area in what s being called an unprecedented situation. A tropical system off the coast could ease fire concerns but may trigger other problems.
In this photo provided by Department of Fire and Emergency Services, a firefighter attends to a fire near Wooroloo, northeast of Perth, Australia, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. An out-of-control wildfire burning northeast of the Australian west coast city of Perth has destroyed dozens of homes and was threatening more. Image Credit: Evan Collis/DFES via AP
Updated 4:21 AM ET, Wed February 3, 2021
Firefighters drive toward a property off Copley Road in Upper Swan as bushfires close in on the area on February 2, 2021 in Perth, Australia. (CNN)The state of Western Australia is facing an unprecedented situation as it battles a raging wildfire while millions of residents are under coronavirus lockdown, the state s premier Mark McGowan said in a media briefing Wednesday.
The Perth metropolitan area and the Peel and South West regions of Western Australia went into a five-day lockdown Sunday after a single Covid-19 case was identified in a hotel security guard at a quarantine facility in the city. The lockdown is set to lift Friday evening.
Rainfall expected to ease bushfire in Australia’s west
06 Feb 2021 A roadblock is manned at the Haddrill and Campersic Road as a bushfire in the Avon Ridge and Brigadoon area burns in Perth. File/Reuters
Firefighters battling a devastating bushfire that has destroyed 86 homes on the outskirts of Perth in Western Australia hope heavy rain forecast over the weekend will help douse the flames, state authorities said on Saturday.
Thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes in Perth, complicating a five-day lockdown imposed on Monday on the state capital after Western Australia detected its first coronavirus infection in 10 months.