'Dynamic and dangerous': Australia braces for another day of wildfires as temperatures flare
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 were expected to fan deadly bushfires across the east coast.
Emergency alert text messages had been sent to 240,000 people in Victoria state alone, telling them to leave, Crisp said. People in high-risk regions in New South Wales and South Australia states were also urged to think about leaving, but authorities had not provided numbers. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he had given instructions to the military so “that they are to stand ready to move and support immediately” as firefighters battle 150 blazes across the country.See more stories
* Victoria state had 16 fires, two of which were so severe that evacuation orders have been issued. One more fire was at an emergency level. * NSW authorities said just shy of 2,000 homes have been destroyed in the state, half of those in the past 10 days. * Ecologists at the University of Sydney have estimated 1 billion animals have been killed or injured in the bushfires, potentially destroying ecosystems.
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