大雨终于在澳大利亚倾盆而下，扑灭了30多起致命的森林大火
Finally, the moment that the whole world was waiting for came around – Australia received heavy rain, severe thunderstorms and flash floods. The downpours have already helped to extinguish 32 bushfires in New South Wales alone, as the number of fires fell from 120 to 88 on Thursday. The Bureau of Meteorology are expecting 30 and 80mm worth of rain in the east of New South Wales, between Thursday and Sunday. People are speculating that it might finally bring relief to the exhausted firefighters who have battled the deadly flames for over three months now.
终于，全世界都在等待的那一刻到来了——澳大利亚迎来了暴雨、雷雨和山洪。单是在新南威尔士州，倾盆大雨已经帮助扑灭了32起森林大火，火灾数量从周四的120起下降到88起。气象局预计在周四到周日之间，新南威尔士州东部将有30到80毫米的降雨。人们猜测，这可能最终会给那些与致命的火焰战斗了三个多月的疲惫的消防员带来解脱。
Finally, rain fell across parts of Australia ravaged by the bushfires
最后，澳大利亚被森林大火破坏的部分地区下起了雨
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The local meteorology bureau reports that there were some “good falls” in the state of New South Wales – part of the country where many of the worst bushfires occurred. New South Wales Rural Fire Service shared a video of the rain falling down and wrote: “Relief is here for a number of firefighters working across NSW. Although this rain won’t extinguish all fires, it will certainly go a long way towards containment.”
当地气象局报告说，新南威尔士州出现了一些“好瀑布”。新南威尔士州是澳大利亚发生许多严重森林火灾的地区。新南威尔士州农村消防局分享了一段下雨的视频，并写道:“为新南威尔士州各地的消防员提供救援。虽然这场雨不会扑灭所有大火，但它肯定会对遏制火势大有帮助。”
Even more wet weather is forecasted, which may finally bring relief to the exhausted firefighters
预计还会有更多的潮湿天气，这可能最终会给精疲力竭的消防队员带来安慰
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The meteorology bureau has also reported that, “The hit & miss nature of thunderstorms means it’s difficult to forecast exactly where the heaviest rain will be—some parts of bushfire & drought-affected eastern Australia could see 50–100 mm over the next few days; while others may see very little.”
气象局还报告说，“雷暴的偶发性质意味着很难准确预测哪里会有最大的降雨——未来几天受森林大火和干旱影响的澳大利亚东部部分地区可能会有50-100毫米的降雨;而其他地区可能会很少。”
32 bushfires have been already put out with the help of rain
由于下雨，32处森林大火已经被扑灭
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The regions of New South Wales and Victoria, have received approximately 15mm of rain that was so desperately needed this Wednesday and Thursday. The severe thunderstorms have also caused flooding in Melbourne. While the rain has dampened the fires, more than 80 of them continue burning in the New South Wales area and 18 of them – in Victoria.
新南威尔士州和维多利亚州已经收到了大约15毫米的降雨，这是本周三和周四迫切需要的。严重的雷暴还导致墨尔本洪水泛滥。虽然雨水已经浇灭了大火，但新南威尔士州地区仍有80多座大火在燃烧，维多利亚州有18座。
More info: Bureau of Meteorology
