New South Wales' environment department says more than five million hectares — or 6.4 per cent of the state — has been wiped out by bushfires.
New South Wales' environment department says more than five million hectares — or 6.4 per cent of the state — has been wiped out by bushfires.
Satellite images show just how devastating the unprecedented blazes have been on the state. At least 60 threatened fauna species and a quarter of the koala habitat has been impacted. Image: News Corp Australia
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