Australian wildfire

【环球时报驻澳大利亚特约记者 丁晓武 环球时报记者 邵一佳】澳大利亚自去年9月以来在东海岸肆虐的大火终于完全得到控制。据法新社报道，澳消防部门13日表示，在澳受山火重创的新南威尔士州，所有着火点的火情都已得到控制，标志着已夺去33人生命的“黑色夏季”终于结束。

“虽然并不是所有山火都被扑灭，但火势都已得到控制”，新南威尔士州消防官员罗杰斯称，“现在可以把工作重点放在帮助居民重建家园上了”。“这是天大的好消息”，澳大利亚消防部门发言人对法新社说。山火自去年9月席卷澳东部和南部以来，烧毁超过1000万公顷土地和2500栋房屋，造成至少33人死亡，约10亿只动物葬身火海。这场山火危机曾使得悉尼等澳大利亚主要城市连续数周被烟雾笼罩。

近日的大雨对扑灭澳洲大火起到了关键性的作用。路透社称，澳大利亚自上周末开始的降雨是悉尼及周边地区30年来最大规模的一场持续降雨，一些农村地区的降雨量已超过过去一年的降雨量，就扑灭持续数月的大火而言，这场雨堪称“及时雨”。

不过，持续降雨带来了新的问题，澳多地已发出洪水警告。澳大利亚气象部门预计，从周五开始，强风天气将增加，暴雨仍将持续。

资深气象学家莱格对记者表示，新南威尔士州等地仍将遭受暴风雨袭击，“阵雨和雷雨落在已处于饱和状态的集水设施上，可能会引发严重的山洪灾害”，这也意味着刚进入丛林大火恢复期的地区很可能再次受到自然灾害的袭击。

[Ding Xiaowu, a special correspondent of the global times in Australia, Shao Yijia] the raging fire on the east coast of Australia since September last year has finally been completely controlled. According to AFP, Australia's Fire Department said Wednesday that in Australia's New South Wales, which has been hit hard by wildfires, all the fires have been controlled, marking the end of the "black summer" that has claimed 33 lives.

"Not all fires have been put out, but they are under control," said New South Wales fire official Rogers. "Now we can focus on helping residents rebuild their homes.". "This is great news," an Australian Fire Department spokesman told AFP. Since the wildfires swept through Eastern and southern Australia in September last year, more than 10 million hectares of land and 2500 houses have been destroyed, killing at least 33 people and killing about 1 billion animals. The fire crisis has left Sydney and other major Australian cities shrouded in smog for weeks.

The heavy rain in recent days has played a key role in putting out the Australian fire. According to Reuters, the rainfall in Australia since last weekend is the largest continuous rainfall in Sydney and surrounding areas in 30 years. The rainfall in some rural areas has exceeded the rainfall in the past year. In terms of putting out the fire that lasted for several months, the rain is called "timely rain".

However, continuous rainfall has brought new problems, and a flood warning has been issued in Australia. The Australian weather service expects strong winds to increase and heavy rains to continue from Friday.

Leige, a senior meteorologist, told reporters that new South Wales and other places will still be hit by storms, "showers and thunderstorms fall on the water collection facilities that are already saturated, which may cause serious mountain flood disaster", which also means that the area just entering the recovery period of forest fire is likely to be attacked by natural disasters again.