Bushfire state of emergency declared in Australia

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SYDNEY: Australian authorities declared a seven-day state of emergency in New South Wales state Thursday (Dec 19) as a record heat wave fanned ...

Tuesday, with the average nationwide temperatures reaching 40.9 degrees Celsius , which is expected to be surpassed as an intensifying heat wave spreads across the east.Temperatures are expected to peak at 41 degrees Celsius in central Sydney and 45 degrees Celsius in the western suburbs on Thursday, while turbulent winds of up to 100 kilometres in the afternoon expected to fan bushfires burning ever-closer to the city.

"The worst of the fire weather conditions, the extreme fire danger ratings we are expecting today, are centred around the greater Sydney environment," he added. At least three million hectares of land has been torched across Australia in recent months, with six people killed and more than 800 homes destroyed.

 

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