Italian
La recente pioggia ha contribuito a domare due terzi degli incendi che stavano bruciando in New South Wales.
Ma la costa sud dello stato, che è stata molto danneggiata durante il periodo degli incendi, si trova ora ad affrontare le alluvioni.
Dagli incendi alle alluvioni, l'area a sud di Batemans Bay le ha viste tutte.
Dove sei settimane fa c'erano fiamme, oggi c'è erba verde e acqua che scorre.
Il produttore di latte Peter Lavis ha spiegato.
"The look of it at the moment doesn't do justice to what the fire was actually like. But it is nice, a bit of rain, it'll make a big difference."
La speranza è che la situazione inizi a ritornare alla normalità questa settimana, una volta che l'energia elettrica sarà ripristinata.
Peter Lavis ha dovuto gettare via il latte due volte al giorno tutti i giorni nelle scorse settimane.
"We weren't able to have hot water to wash the lines out, so it would have been a bit contaminated. And we weren't able to cool the milk."
Ma per un altro genere di allevatori, la pioggia non è un motivo per festeggiare.
Ceneri e rifiuti sono finiti nel Clyde River, un'area principalmente dedicata alla coltivazione di ostriche.
Coltivatori come Rod Terry stanno raccogliendo i contenitori delle ostriche che si sono dispersi.
"I’ve seen the 1974 flood and this is only a baby compared to that, but as far as the other damage goes it’s a lot worse than I have ever seen."
Rod Terry inoltre ha perso diverse infrastrutture negli incendi ed ora queste alluvioni costituiscono un’ulteriore battuta d'arresto.
"I actually do farmers markets in Canberra, and that has been very good to me. I won’t be back there, fingers crossed, until March - hopefully I'll have some nice fat oysters by then."
Ma assieme al diluvio arriva la rabbia.
Il Servizio d'Emergenza Statale ha operato numerosi salvataggi, tra cui quello di un uomo trovato aggrappato ad un albero a Bega.
Era rimasto lì per più di 10 ore.
Ma la pioggia è una buona notizia per il Rural Fire Service locale e Mark Williams dell'RFS di Shoalhaven dichiara che le squadre faranno festa, dopo che l'incendio di Currowan è stato ufficialmente dichiarato estinto.
"Fatigue, rest, celebration, relief, sighs - you know it, there would have been a mix of emotions right through the gamut."
English
From fires to floods, the area south of Batemans Bay has seen it all.
Where six weeks ago there were flames, today there is green grass, and running water.
Dairy Farmer Peter Lavis explains.
"The look of it at the moment doesn't do justice to what the fire was actually like. But it is nice, a bit of rain, it'll make a big difference."
The hope is that things will start to return to normal this week, as power is restored.
Peter Lavis has had to throw out milk, twice a day, every day, for the past six weeks.
"We weren't able to have hot water to wash the lines out, so it would have been a bit contaminated. And we weren't able to cool the milk."
But for another type of farmer, the rain isn’t a reason to celebrate.
Ash and debris has washed into the Clyde River, a major oyster-growing area.
Growers like Rod Terry are collecting the baskets that broke loose.
"I’ve seen the 1974 flood and this is only a baby compared to that, but as far as the other damage goes it’s a lot worse than I have ever seen."
Rod Terry also lost infrastructure in the fires and now these floods are just another setback.
"I actually do farmers markets in Canberra, and that has been very good to me. I won’t be back there, fingers crossed, until March - hopefully I'll have some nice fat oysters by then."
But with the deluge comes danger.
The State Emergency Service has conducted numerous rescues, including one of a man found clinging to a tree in Bega.
He'd been there for more than 10 hours.
The rain is welcome news for the local Rural Fire Service though, and Mark Williams from Shoalhaven RFS says crews will be celebrating after the Currowan fire was officially declared out.
"Fatigue, rest, celebration, relief, sighs - you know it, there would have been a mix of emotions right through the gambit."
Report by Lucy Murray and Matt Connellan
