Australia bushfires: brown rain falls in Melbourne as temperatures soar and fires flare in NSW

Melbourne is coated in brown dust after 25-35mm of rain arrived loaded with dust from the north of Victoria

Temperatures have soared in New South Wales bringing renewed emergency bushfire warnings, while Melbourne has brown rain from dust in the air, causing pools to close and the Yarra River to turn brown.

Despite heavy rain in parts of NSW over the past week, residents were warned the “bad old days” of bushfires could return. By midday, emergency warnings had already been issued for the Adaminaby fire in the Snowy Mountains region and a fire burning near Rocky Hall in the Bega Valley.

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