Rainfall is expected to fall on Saturday either side of the border after a torrid week of fires claimed more than 60 homes
Showers and possible storms are forecast for large parts of NSW and Queensland over the weekend. Firefighters will remain on high alert as blazes continue to threaten homes across both states.Showers and possible storms are forecast for large parts of NSW and Queensland over the weekend. Firefighters will remain on high alert as blazes continue to threaten homes across both states.
In the border town of Tenterfield where a large number of fires have been burning, showers were forecast to continue until Friday, with possibly severe thunderstorms predicted over the weekend and winds of up to 20 km/h. Some 12mm of rainfall was recorded in the past 24 hours in Tenterfield, while just north of the border, 27mm of rainfall was recorded at Wallangarra region where multiple fires were still burning.
There were 52 fires burning across NSW, a decrease of 10 compared with Friday. Some 14 were not yet contained. All had returned to an “advice level”, with more than 350 firefighters and specialists working to control the lingering blazes.
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