Australia braces for heavy winds, lightning amid bushfire threat
Weather bureau issues warnings for New South Wales and Queensland
15 November 2019 - 11:03
Melbourne — Australia braced on Friday for strong winds that began to whip up bushfires in two states, potentially adding to a toll of more than 270 homes destroyed and 1-million hectares of land ravaged during the past week.
The country’s weather bureau warned that winds and lightning strikes increase the threat to communities across two states on the east coast, which have been ravaged by fire since last Friday...
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