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One person dead as PM visits bushfire-ravaged towns with 300 structures destroyed and 350,000 hectares burned

11 janvier 2026 à 06:18

Almost a dozen emergency warnings remain in place across Victoria, with state premier saying ‘we are not through the worst of this by a long way’

Australian authorities are assessing the damage after one of the worst heatwaves in years resulted in bushfires igniting across the country’s south-east, with one person dead, hundreds of homes and structures lost, thousands of hectares burned and entire towns evacuated.

A state of disaster remained in place across much of Victoria on Sunday as thousands of firefighters and emergency service workers continued to battle blazes that were “expected to rage “for weeks”.

‘Toughest conditions imaginable’: Victorians urged to shelter inside from heatwave as tropical cyclone heads for Queensland

The Guardian

Par :Petra Stock

9 janvier 2026 à 04:21

Heatwave warnings in place for nearly all states and territories as Sydney braces for 43C forecast on Saturday

Victorians have been urged to stay inside as Melbourne’s mercury climbs towards 42C amid a heatwave engulfing much of Australia to descend on Sydney on Saturday.

Anthony Albanese met officials in Canberra for a briefing on the extreme conditions and said these were “difficult times” for the country.