Jun. 5 Several small wildfires broke out Saturday afternoon on a hot day in Northern California. Dozens of homes were evacuated due to a wildfire burning in the Burney area, according to the Shasta County Sheriff's Office. The fire is small, only seven acres wide as of 3 p.m., according to the Sheriff's Office, but is burning just southwest of the town of Burney and is threatening homes in the .
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Subscriber only Cars and equipment are sitting in metres of floodwaters after Sapphire received a deluge of rain in the early hours of Wednesday morning, prompting a major flood. Emergency services have spent the morning rescuing people from the roofs of houses and cars, with all rescues successful and no injuries reported. Blue Gem looking across to the Trading Post. Pic: Lorraine Schou. All roads to Rubyvale and Sapphire have now been closed and drivers are being urged to not attempt to drive the roads. The roads are not expected to be open for a number of hours.
Anakie-Sapphire Road has been closed and the town s caravan park had been evacuated.
Parts of drought-affected central and southern Queensland are receiving some welcome rain, with some areas collecting their best falls in three years.
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The high-pressure system responsible for the downpur currently sitting in between New Zealand and Tasmania is expected to remain largely stationary into Sunday.
Weatherzone meteorologist Ben Domensino said the high is feeding moisure-laden air into eastern Australia, colliding with a number of low pressure troughs.
People in awe as NSW towns submerged