A state of emergency has been declared for all of NSW, starting on Friday and lasting for one week, as thousands of tourists and residents attempt to leave the state's South Coast ahead of worsening conditions on Saturday. Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons har urged people to leave the impacted areas if they can, saying authorities are anticipating “very difficult” conditions over the weekend.
It’s going to be a very difficult day”. As of Thursday, there are 113 fires burning across NSW, with more than 4 million hectares burnt. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian urged tourists attempted to leave fire-impacted zones to have “patience”. “I want to thank in particular police, fire rescue personnel who have made sure that where people can have access to main roads, that they can let them through even monitoring them closely, with only letting a few cars through at a time.
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NEVER FORGET Much of this could have been prevented if ScottyFomMarketing had listened to the experts. This is on him and the entire LiberalAus auspol
Hey Sky News, Barnaby Joyce was the 'drought envoy'...have you seen the 'reports'?
Ironic a lot of the affected have been the ones to vote for sheltered right-wing conservatives clowns like the LNP, who deny climate change because their 'jesus' & man-made belief the planets 6000 years old... Cognitive dissonance much
So is Emergency Services Minister DavidElliottMP still enjoying his holiday? Not to worry, stand-in Anthony Roberts is holding the fort, busy with his bestest serious face nodding behind actual leaders.
Australia gives foreign aid totaling over $4 billion a year, Scott Morrison would be a hero if he cancelled all aid for 2020 & used it to rebuild every lost home & business. Sadly though it's not going to happen.
Melting engine blocks are not a normal part of vehicular fires or vehicles in bushfires.
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Sky News has been complicit in spreading climate deial propaganda for decades. It seems wildly hypocritical to now report on its effects.
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RFS tweet tourist leave zone for NSW South Coast | Sky News AustraliaThe Rural Fire Service has tweet about a tourist leave zone on the South Coast ahead of extreme conditions from Bateman's Bay to the Victorian border.\n\nThe RFS have asked for people to share the information with as many affected people as possible.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia They Should also tweet and ask Sky news to leave the country... Massive area yet morriscum won't declare a national emergency because the ADF would hurt his fake surplus
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NSW Princes Highway likely to reopen allowing residents chance to evacuate | Sky News AustraliaResidents and holiday-goers may have a short window of time to evacuate the New South Wales South Coast before conditions deteriorate on Saturday.\n\nPolice and fire authorities have been working around the clock to clear the Princes Highway north of Batemans Bay, with it likely to reopen on Wednesday evening. \n\nResidents - and those on summer holidays - are being warned that if they don't leave before Saturday they may be stuck there again, when fires are likely to flare back up and roads will be closed.\n\nWork is being done to open roads south of Batemans Bay down to Bega, with alternative routes via the Hume highway also being worked on. \n\nAuthorities are asking for compliance and patience. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia Good luck to all stay safe if caught in fire zones. For rest of us if you can donate blood, plasma or platelet to help any injured people from the fires would help immensely This is false. Just stopped by Ulladulla evacuation center and princes highway will remain closed tonight. With likely opening northbound before noon. Asher_Wolf But many don’t have enough fuel to leave!
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Three more dead, over 100 properties lost due to NSW bushfire crisis | Sky News AustraliaThe Rural Fire Service has confirmed three more people have died and 176 homes have been destroyed as the community grapples with the aftermath of Tuesday's devastating fires on the NSW South Coast.\n\nThat death toll is in addition to the four people who had previously been pronounced dead this week.\n\nTwo bodies were found by police in separate vehicles, while a third person was found deceased in a house.\n\nNSW RFS commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said the community should brace itself for the likelihood that more people have died as a result of the bushfire crisis, with fire conditions expected to worsen on Saturday.\n\nAs of Wednesday, there are more than 100 bushfires burning across the state, with a whopping 3.6 million hectares burned.\n\n\nImage: News Corp\n\n\n\n NSWRFS We must be allowed to clear every gum tree within 60m of our homes, anywhere in NSW. If we aren’t permitted to do this, death & destruction will prevail, year in and year out. NSWfires NSWRFS Is ScottMorrisonMP in hiding still? ThoughtsAndPrayers ScottyFomMarketing NSWRFS Every single of these deaths are on the head of ScottMorrisonMP
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NSW authorities warn of 'extreme fire conditions' on Saturday | Sky News AustraliaThe NSW Rural Fire Service will allow restricted access for non-residents to leave from Batemans Bay north with conditions easing slightly on Wednesday, but authorities warn fire conditions will significantly worsen on Saturday.\n \nNSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has urged tourists to take advantage of the safer conditions and leave the area.\n \n'We are grateful for milder weather conditions over the next few days and where roads can be accessed, we will be encouraging tourists especially to move out of those areas while it’s safe to do so, because we are concerned what the weather might bring us on Saturday,' she said.\n \nSaturday's fire conditions are expected to be worse than Tuesday's, with the extreme conditions covering a vast swathe of NSW including the areas already devastated by fire.\n \nThree people died on Tuesday, bringing the death toll from the fires in NSW this week to seven.\n \nNSW RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said 186 properties have been destroyed, and warned the deathtoll from the crisis is expected to rise.\n Geez I hope this arson crisis can be solved.
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Devastating fire conditions to worsen in NSW | Sky News AustraliaThe New South Wales Rural Fire Service has given tourists a 24-hour window to leave the south coast ahead of worsening conditions on Saturday. \n\nScenes of devastation are now emerging following the blazes that claimed seven lives in the past week and destroyed at least 176 properties.\n\nAn estimated 50,000 residents on the NSW south coast are still without power, forcing supermarkets and petrol stations to remain closed in some areas.\n\nMajor supplies including water are also low, with people in the area forced to line up for more than three hours to get food. \n\nThe Australian Navy has deployed a vessel to help deal with the looming humanitarian crisis, with a medical team and Taipan helicopter on board. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia Identify and expose the arsonists. Use satellite imagery. Miracles Morrison's career prospects melt before media fire storm as decades of lnp willful climate change neglect destroy lifetimes of accumulated savings and millennia of ecosystems. auspol .politicsabc ausdef theblock bachelorette
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Dire warning issued ahead of worsening fire conditions in NSW | Sky News AustraliaThe NSW Rural Fire Service has issued a dire warning, telling tourists to leave the NSW South Coast before Saturday when the fire threat is expected to worsen. \n\nTemperatures are set to soar into the 40s on the South Coast again on Saturday, paired with strong, erratic winds. \n\nFire authorities announced on Thursday 398 homes were lost on the NSW South Coast since New Year's Eve and 1298 homes were lost across greater NSW since the beginning of the bushfire season. \n\nImage: Getty A great interview with ScottMorrisonMP who detailed his new policy on climate change and the disaster relief for those who have suffered in the bushfires. Sorry. I’m living in a parallel universe where we have a capable PM. Carry on. Sky News is part of the problem of inaction on climate change by giving a platform to denial and aligning climate action with political conviction. when the xmas rental day comes around ,a saturday. normally take them a lot of hours to get home from the south coast even with Clyde Mountain open and Brown Mountain. Saturday looks bad for the snowy areas the other way they get home. BLOCK THE ROADS DOWN TO THE COAST !!!!
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