Australians urged to evacuate homes as high winds fan fires
Fires on the border of Victoria and New South Wales are poised to merge and create a blaze almost 600,000ha in size
10 January 2020 - 10:35
Sydney — Australian authorities urged nearly a quarter of a million people to evacuate their homes on Friday and prepared military backup as soaring temperatures and erratic winds fanned bushfires across the east coast.
Temperatures were expected to shoot well above 40ºC in several parts of the country, accompanied by high winds, threatening to fuel fires that have already left thousands of people homeless...
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