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Montevideo, April 19th 2024 - 00:56 UTC

Tag: Code Red

  • Thursday, November 21st 2019 - 07:28 UTC

    Australia's main cities choked by smoke from bushfires, some out of control

    The fire danger has moved into states further south, with a so-called “Code Red” - the highest possible fire risk in Victoria for the first time in a decade.

    The fire danger was elevated across wider swathes of southern Australia on Thursday, with residents warned to avoid at-risk areas as smoke from bushfires choked Sydney and other major cities. Devastating fires along the country's east coast have claimed six lives and destroyed more than 500 homes since mid-October, with climate change and unseasonably hot, dry conditions fuelling the unprecedented blazes.