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The NSW SES is warning that much-needed rain and thunderstorms forecast to comb across the state could bring new risks. Firefighters hope the rain will help douse the 88 fires still burning across NSW. "Some rainfall has started falling across variety of firegrounds. we've everything crossed hoping for a few good falls across these areas over the approaching days," the NSW Rural Fire Service tweeted late on Wednesday. Most of NSW is predicted to receive rain from Thursday, apart from the west and southwest, with the falls to continue into Monday. Areas round the South Coast and Southern Tablelands are predicted to receive up to 30mm but the Bureau of Meteorology says the rain are going to be patchy and exact falls are difficult to predict. The NSW SES says this might cause the danger of flash flooding, falling trees and landslips after fire exhausted trees and growth. "While the rain is welcomed, heavy rainfall and storms in fire affected ...

Water in our planet Water covers 70% of our planet, but but 3% is water and most of it's unavailable to be used . Approximately 1.5 billion cubic kilometers is water, although it's salt water. Only alittle portion is water and, of this, quite two thirds is encased in ice sheets, especially in Antarctica and Greenland. most the remaining third is on the bottom , and far is out of reach. Finally, there's alittle proportion of water in lakes, rivers and underground aquifers from which we meet the demand for beverage , also as supply to agriculture and industry. Fresh water may be a surprisingly scarce resource. it's also distributed unevenly, and in areas with little rainfall or high evaporation, shortages are often a serious problem. Water scarcity already affects 1.2 billion people on all continents. Another 1.6 billion people are suffering from the challenges of extracting and transporting water. These numbers are increasing, especially since the demand for water has in...