Australia fires expected to spread in 'severe' conditions

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Strong winds and high temperatures have created 'severe' fire conditions across Australia.

Australians braced for deadly bushfires to spread and intensify Tuesday, as strong winds and high temperatures created"severe" fire conditions.

By early Tuesday, there were already nearly 100 bushfire incidents in the state of New South Wales alone and dozens more in Queensland. Total fire bans were put in place across much of the east of the country and in large parts of western Australia.To the northwest of Sydney, several fires already burning for weeks have combined to create a"megafire" that has already destroyed 319,015 hectares of land, mostly inside national parks.

 

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