Despite the rain and storms, the bush fires continue to rage through Australia, offering little reprieve to communities.
Visitors to the tennis in Melbourne sheltering from the rain
The dust clouds were mostly made up of top soil from farms in New South Wales, where the bushfires have been raging. The giant dust cloud is threatening to drift over to large cities, including Sydney, putting an end to the storm-induced reprieve from the bushfires. 25.7 million acres of land has been razed as a result of the blazes - an equivalent area that would stretch from the south coast of the UK, all the way up to Hull, taking in half of Wales and much of the midlands.Despite the fires, Australians are encouraging tourists to return to the country, after it was estimated that the disaster has cost Australia around AUS$1bn .
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