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Montevideo, December 22nd 2024 - 17:51 UTC

Tag: Rural Fire Service

  • Monday, December 9th 2019 - 09:11 UTC

    Australia on fire, waiting for heavy rains; Sydney blanketed in smoke and ashes

    The wildfires have blanketed Sydney - home to more the 5 million people - in smoke and ash for more than a week, turning the daytime sky orange

    Thousands of firefighters were fortifying containment lines on Monday as temperatures were forecast to soar, increasing the danger of a fresh wave of bushfires across Australia's east coast. More than 100 fires remain ablaze in the region, and authorities warned conditions would worsen on Tuesday, when temperatures were predicted to top 40 degrees Celsius.