I remember when I was there I got stranded in a flood... all the roads were closed and we had to huddle with a bunch of people in some cafe, meanwhile a couple

I remember when I was there I got stranded in a flood... all the roads were closed and we had to huddle with a bunch of people in some cafe, meanwhile a couple of dozen kilometers away (as the bird flies) there were raging fires burning everything down. The air pollution was also unbearable all over the island... Another weird thing is those tasmanian devils having contagious face cancer and the australian government was moving healthy ones to nature reserves like mariah island (that traditionally has never had a predator) to try to keep them from getting infected. Anyway, I got the impression that somehow the balance of the place was very disrupted, I mean they have plenty of rain and water (they even make some of the best whisky in the world with their excellent water) but it just isn't falling in the places with the fire?