Australia's most populous state declared a state of emergency on Monday due to unprecedented wildfire danger as calls grew for Australia to take more action to counter climate change.
Australia’s most populous state declared a state of emergency on Monday due to unprecedented wildfire danger as calls grew for Australia to take more action to counter climate change.
Fire conditions are forecast to be worse on Tuesday than they were at the peak of the current fire emergency on Friday. The weeklong declaration of a state of emergency gives the Rural Fire Service sweeping powers to control resources and direct other government agencies Some residents in the path of dangerous fires blame the intensity of flames on environmentally focused lawmakers who have prevented regular controlled burning of forests to reduce the fuel load in the tinder-dry landscape for fear of smoke and harm to wildlife.
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