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Mitchell Van Homrigh is a reporter and producer for The Daily Telegraph. He has previously worked in radio and television in Queensland before joining the Telegraph in 2019. In that time he has worked as a breaking news reporter, general reporter and night chief of staff. He has extensively covered the state’s worst drought in living memory, the black summer bushfires and the coronavirus pandemic.

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Operation Sweet Potato. In the last week almost 1000 kg of sweet potatoes and carrots have been sent to feed six different colonies of Brush-tailed Rock-wallabies left starving by the NSW bushfires in the Capertee and Wolgan valleys; 1000 kg across five sites in Yengo National Park; almost 100 kg of food and water in the Kangaroo Valley, with similar drops having also taken place in Jenolan, Oxley Wild Rivers and Curracubundi national parks. Source: NSW Environment Minister, Matt Kean

Endangered species helped by sweet potato air-drop

Operation Sweet Potato is underway in NSW, with tonnes of vegetables thrown out of helicopters to help animals in bushfire-ravaged areas.

NSW

Bushfire smoke and haze over sydney CBD image shot from Glebe. Picture: Supplied

Today’s air quality rating: ‘Like seven cigarettes’

Sydney’s air was the equivalent of smoking seven cigarettes today after southerly winds pushed heavy smoke-filled clouds over the Harbour City. In the Southern Highlights it was even worse, equivalent to about 19 cigarettes a day.

NSW

South coast ‘open for business’ after bushfires

The south coast of NSW can re-open for business after authorities assessed the area following the devastating bushfires, with tourist operators “ready and waiting to welcome visitors”. This comes after a man suffered serious burns, four firefighters were injured but no homes were destroyed after intense firestorms overnight.

NSW

Brave crews in the heat of battle

A pilot’s miraculous escape from a waterbombing helicopter that crashed into a dam on the south coast on Thursday has highlighted the extreme danger faced by our fireys in the sky.

NSW

****FEES APPLY****ONE TIME USE****MUST CREDIT TNVScreengrabs from TNV Video .Ambulance officer attend to a Surfer who was hit by lightning at Dee Why Beach.

Two people struck by lightning in Sydney

An elderly woman is fighting for life after being struck in the chest by lightning while standing under a tree in Arcadia and a surfer is in hospital after lightning struck him as he left the water at Dee Why on Monday.

NSW

Exclusive DT content. A Ferrari 599 crashes into the Van Cleef & Arpels Jewellery story on Market Street in the City, the driver is cuffed and arrested at the scene. Picture Must Credit Bob Barker

Ferrari smashes into city jewellery store

A man has been charged with drink driving and driving without a license after allegedly crashing a red Ferrari into a boutique jewellery store on busy Market St in the heart of Sydney city. EXCLUSIVE PICTURES

NSW

Parramatta League Player Maika Sivo Arriving Home from Fiji. Photo Jeremy Piper

Eels’ Maika Sivo returns from Fiji after change to bail

Parramatta Eels winger Maika Sivo has flown back into Sydney after having his bail conditions for his assault charge changed by a Fiji court.

NSW

Scott Morrison awkwardly forces a Cobargo resident to shake his hand. Picture: 9 News

‘I lost everything and the PM turned his back on me’

The pregnant woman who refused to shake Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s hand while he visited her town of Cobargo, which was devastated by fire, said he turned his back on her after her home was burnt to the ground. The PM has said he is not taking the reactions of those who snubbed or heckled him personally.

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Picture circulating on twitter today taken from farmer David Woiwod's of Gippsland twitter page. Posted 6 hours ago. https://twitter.com/DavidWoiwod"This picture was taken in the Gippsland fires near Sarsfield. The demonic apparition in right hand corner of the blaze can’t be unseen @sunriseon7" @7NewsMelbourne #Gippslandfires

Devil’s inferno: Eerie photo of massive bush blaze

A dairy farmer has released an eerie photo of a giant bushfire blaze with what appears to be a Devil’s face while pleading with the PM to help stop more deaths in the growing crisis.

NSW

Exodus from hell: Thousands flee unstoppable firestorm

Terrified motorists were stuck in vehicles for up to seven hours overnight during the biggest evacuation in Australia’s history with thousands ordered out of entire towns, national parks and south coast holiday hamlets in the path of a ‘firestorm.’ It came as NSW police confirmed a seventh person had died in bushfires impacting the area.

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