WA bushfire downgraded while Queensland and NT brace for monsoonal rain and flooding

By Cait Kelly · The Guardian World

Conditions ease south-west of Perth but residents evacuated from Boddington fire on Christmas Day have been told the threat remains Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia is bracing for two extremes over the next week with parts of the west facing days of extreme fire danger and a cyclone and flood watch issued for parts of Queensland and the Northern Territory. Residents who evacuated their homes ahead of an out-of-control bushfire near Boddington, 130km south-east of Perth, were still unable to return home on Saturday, Western Australian fire authorities said. Continue reading...