PM cancels India trip amid bushfire devastation
Scott Morrison has cancelled a planned trip to India to deal with Australia’s bushfire crisis after he was widely panned for taking a holiday in Hawaii.
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Up to 100,000 told to leave as fires rage across Victoria
As many as 100,000 residents and holiday-makers have been impacted by Victoria’s bushfire crisis, with those in towns in the state’s northeast and west urged to evacuate ahead of even worse conditions tomorrow.
Premier says ‘leave now’ as State of Disaster declared
Grave fears are held for 17 people missing in East Gippsland while huge blazes in Victoria and NSW threaten to create a monster inferno. Premier Daniel Andrews has declared a State of Disaster as authorities urge those in high-risk fire areas “to leave now”.
‘No more donations’: Relief centre inundated
A relief centre in East Gippsland is groaning with donations and begging bushfire victims to pick up what they need, after being inundated by generous Victorians. HERE’S HOW YOU CAN HELP
Hero Orbost firefighting crews face new threat
Fresh from fighting bushfires in NSW, heroic volunteer firefighters have returned to Orbost as residents brace for the worst amid deteriorating weather conditions.
Buchan residents return to rubble of their homes
Residents finally allowed to return to the town of Buchan, where a man was killed and 24 homes lost in raging bushfires, have been met with ashen heaps of twisted metal and burnt earth.
Buchan ‘town legend’ confirmed dead in horror bushfires
An “amazing” great-grandfather and town “larrikin” who was painting his Buchan home before the horror East Gippsland fires broke out, has been found dead inside his fire-ravaged home.
‘It’s just charcoal’: Sarsfield farm wiped out
A single father said his three sons were struggling to process the fact the family’s 22ha property, which operated three businesses, had been destroyed by raging bushfires.
Hope as horrendous road toll slows down
Despite a horrifying year on Victorian roads, authorities remain hopeful as the rapid rate of the road toll eased in the second half of the year. But motorists are being warned not to be complacent.
Gippsland residents brace for the worst as fires rage
More than 1000 firefighters are battling multiple out-of-control bushfires threatening dozens of communities including Lakes Entrance, Mallacoota, Bruthen, Buchan and Orbost. Roads have been closed, trapping residents who chose to stay amid Sunday’s mass evacuations
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