Australian wildfires claim more lives on New Year’s Day
01 January 2020 |
10:59 am
Experts have warned the death toll is expected to rise as bushfires continue to engulf the southeast coastal region of the country. The military has been deployed to bring relief. Smoke has reached as far as New Zealand.
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