Wildfires, Burning For Months, Devastate Vast Areas Of Australia Australia faces even hotter weather and strong winds which are expected to worsen the crisis. Jenny Stones says she's never seen anything like this year's fire season. JENNY STONES: We've been in Kangaroo Valley for nearly 30 years now, and you had the odd fire come through but nothing - the …
At the peak of the summer holiday period, tens of thousands of holidaymakers have been urged to leave national parks and tourist areas on the NSW south coast and eastern areas of Victoria before a return of temperatures above 40C and hot winds on Saturday. Rural Fire Service volunteers and NSW Fire and Rescue officers fight a bushfire encroaching on …
