BATEMANS BAY (Australia), Jan 4 — Tens of thousands of Australians have fled their homes as more catastrophic bushfire conditions were expected today, turning dozens of once-bustling southeastern tourist spots into ghost towns. Temperatures are forecast well above 40 degrees Celsius and...
Country Fire Service members put out a fire which reached hay bales on a property at Mount Torrens in the Adelaide Hills, Australia January 3, 2020. — AAP Image/Kelly Barnes/via Reuters
A state of emergency has been declared across much of Australia’s heavily populated southeast and more than 100,000 people have been told to leave their homes across three states. The only activity in the usually bustling tourist hotspot was at an evacuation centre, where hundreds of locals forced from their homes were sheltering on an open field in tents and caravans.
Since late September, at least 20 people have died, dozens have gone missing, more than 1,300 homes have been damaged and an area roughly double the size of Belgium or Hawaii has burned.
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