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Heavy Rain Brings Australia's Bushfire Crisis Closer to an End

Phil Mercer

   SYDNEY - Authorities in Australia say heavy rain could extinguish all
   of the fires in New South Wales state by the end of the week. Parts of
   eastern Australia have seen their heaviest downpours in more than 30
   years.

   Australia is a land of extremes.

   Some towns have gone from drought to flood in a day as heavy rain has
   fallen in New South Wales, and parts of Queensland.

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