Heavy rain still months away as firefighters brace for more hot weather

Kate McIlwain
Updated January 7 2020 - 8:09pm, first published 3:15pm
Reprieve: As rain fell in Kangaroo Valley on Monday, exhausted RFS crews used the time to have a break. While welcome, the rain was also a hindrance to any backburning as the damp ground meant controlled fires would not ignite. Picture: Adam McLean.
Reprieve: As rain fell in Kangaroo Valley on Monday, exhausted RFS crews used the time to have a break. While welcome, the rain was also a hindrance to any backburning as the damp ground meant controlled fires would not ignite. Picture: Adam McLean.

Showers and cooler weather has provided a much needed reprieve for firefighters and affected communities, with all fires in NSW being put back to "advice level".

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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