An image from a video showing flooded fields on Gold Coast, Australia, on Saturday (Jan 18). Heavy rain lashed parts of Australia’s New South Wales and Queensland states on Saturday causing flashfloods, while wildfires continue to burn in other parts of the country. - AP
MELBOURNE: Parts of Australia's east coast were hit by severe storms on Saturday (Jan 18), dousing some of the bushfires that have devastated the region for months but causing road closures and flash flooding
Fears of smoke from the fires disrupting the Australian Open tennis receded in Melbourne, where the main tournament was due to start on Monday.
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