Residents in the path of wildfires razing southeast Australia were urged to evacuate on Thursday if they don’t intend to defend their homes, as hot and windy conditions are forecast to escalate the danger over the next two days.
both at home and abroad for downplaying the need for his government to address climate change, which experts say helps supercharge the blazes.
Last year was Australia’s hottest and driest on record. The Bureau of Meteorology’s head of climate monitoring, Karl Braganza, said that although the, it wouldn’t be enough to snuff out the fires anytime soon. “Unfortunately, we’re not looking at widespread, above-average rainfalls at this stage,” he said. “That’s really what we need to put the fires out fairly quickly. It is going to be a campaign, in terms of the fires. We are not looking at a short and sharp end to the event — it looks like something that we will have to persist with for some time.”
The New South Wales government responded to the crisis on Thursday by announcing an additional $690 million to be spent over the next two years on wildfire management and recovery.Pope Francis has joined other world leaders in expressing solidarity with the Australian people. “I’d like to ask for you all to pray to the Lord to help the [Australian] people at this difficult moment, with these powerful fires. I’m close to the Australian people,” Francis said at the end of his general audience on Wednesday, drawing applause from congregants.
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