Fire and rain: the challenges to recovery pile on

The NSW Rural Fire Service ahs issued an emergency warning for the Bega Valley LGA.

The NSW Rural Fire Service ahs issued an emergency warning for the Bega Valley LGA. Source: Twitter @NSWRFS

Recent rain has helped extinguish two-thirds of the bushfires burning in New South Wales. But the state's south coast, which suffered badly through the fire season, is now battling floods.


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

SES rescue a man from floods in Bega
SES rescue a man from floods in Bega Source: SBS

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