Photo: GettyThe death toll from New South Wales' unprecedented bushfire season has climbed to 25 after the body of a 59-year-old man was found in a home on the state's South Coast. NSW Emergency Services Minister David Elliott on Friday said this season was the "darkest summer" in the state's history. NSW Rural Fire Service commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said the state would "forever be indebted" to the sacrifice the three US firefighters made. While the three-month weather outlook for NSW does include some rainfall, Mr Fitzsimmons said it wouldn't exceed the average. "We're not getting any strong signals of above-average rainfall, drought-breaking rainfall or fire season-ending rainfall."

Source: Otago Daily Times January 24, 2020 20:26 UTC