As Australia bushfires rage, warning of more heatwaves
- Published: 11 Jan 2013 at 10.45
- Online news: World
Firefighters were battling scores of wildfires raging in Australia on Saturday, as a government commission warned that climate change had raised the risk of scorching heatwaves becoming more frequent.
This photo taken on January 10, 2013 from Banksia Beach on Bribie Island, shows smoke from bushfires on the popular tourist island off the Queensland coast. Firefighters were battling scores of wildfires raging in Australia on Saturday, as a government commission warned that climate change had raised the risk of scorching heatwaves becoming more frequent.
In the eastern state of New South Wales, some 1,000 firefighters were attempting to douse about 94 wildfires, about dozen uncontained, while fires were also burning in neighbouring Victoria and Queensland states.
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