Australia: Rainfall predicted in drought and bushfire affected areas

With massive wildfires still plaguing Australia, bureau of meteorology (BOM) predicted that following week may bring rainfall to drought and fire-affected areas in country. According to reports, east coast of country is expected to receive a 100mm of rainfall. A meteorologist working with bureau of meteorology, Gabrielle Woodhouse said that downpours may happen for a couple of days, ding that rainfall is a much-needed relief with a few risks associated with it.

Woodhouse said that dam due to wildfires has me land quite vulnerable to different issues. He said that a lot of vegetation h been destroyed with an ded risk of landslides. New South Wales Rural fire service (NSWRFS) wrote on social media platform Facebook that if prediction turned out to be true n it will be ir Christmas, birthday, wedding and anniversary all rolled into one.

'Bushfires can cause erosion of soil'

Australian government's water quality p states that bushfires with a high dam level can cause dam to water catchments on a massive level by destroying ground cover. p also states that high-intensity bushfires can cause a change in structure and erosion of soil etc. According to reports, loss of huge amounts of vegetation can le to high volumes of sediment entering water streams.

According to reports, chemical reactions caused by bushfires can release toxic materials present in vegetations. In dition to this, rainfall can wash se harmful contents into water streams that may be unsafe for agricultural purposes or consumption by human beings without proper treatment.

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Operation Rock Wallaby

ongoing bushfires in Australia have left thousands of animals hungry and stranded in ir habitats. To combat situation and bring relief to animals, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service recently kickstarted 'Operation Rock Wallaby' under which staff of national parks used helicopters to airdrop kilograms of carrots and sweet potatoes for brush-tailed rock wallabies.

Matt Kean, New South Wales minister of Energy and Environment took to Twitter to share a picture of people airdropping food for constantly declining animal population. Kean also said that while animals mand to flee fires y wer left without proper sources of food. He ded that wallabies were alrey under stress from ongoing drought, making survival challenging for m. Talking about operation, Keane also revealed y will be keeping an eye on native species to check on ir progress as part of post-bushfire recovery process.

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(With inputs from ncies)