Australia is burning, a wall of fire is about to hit Sydney: inhabitants ready to evacuate

    Australia is burning, a wall of fire is about to hit Sydney: inhabitants ready to evacuate

    The flames are uncontrollable and difficult to tame. Fires threaten 100 homes and the only way to escape is to escape

    He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him

    I Sydney residents are ready to evacuate the city today due to the unprecedented forest fires that are reaching the town.





    The situation is catastrophic, with nearly 100 fires recorded, temperatures up to 37 ° C, hot and dry winds that blow at 90 km per hour quickly spreading the flames.

    The neighborhoods most at risk are those close to wooded areas but the firefighters have warned that no area is completely safe precisely because of the strong winds that could carry dangerous embers over a great distance, capable of lighting secondary fires.

    The whole city is in a state of emergency, with nearly 100 homes at risk, in what has been called the most dangerous week the nation has ever seen.
    Four hundred schools have been closed, while nursing homes and aged care centers are prepared for the worst and are reviewing evacuation plans.

    https://twitter.com/ChloesHaught/status/1194169940078555136

    In addition to Sydney, other cities such as Coffs Harbor and Nambucca Heads are preparing for a catastrophe, because the fires will continue to spread along the coast for days to come.

    The authorities have alerted citizens living in the areas most at risk urging them to leave their homes as soon as possible: time is short because the flames are spreading very rapidly and there are not enough means to fight the fires.

    The gravity of the situation could make it even too dangerous for firefighters groped to put out the flames.

    This is a photo from the Australian fires. Please keep safe. The next 6 hours are crucial❤️ Please listen to all warnings and stay on guard.#bushfire #AUSTRALIANBUSHFIRES #pleasekeepviligany pic.twitter.com/ta1ADJtuWJ

    — Margie Ashton (@margie_ashton) November 12, 2019


    Circa 400 firefighters they are busy putting out fires from above in poor visibility conditions due to smoke.
    Fires produce so much smoke that the Brisbane's air quality is three times worse than Pechin'so.


    Australian wildfires' danger level upgraded to 'catastrophic' > https://t.co/AvGb5kCD2T #wildfires #AUSTRALIAFIRES #AUSTRALIANBUSHFIRES pic.twitter.com/BNGgFnCfvp

    — Travel Insurance Explained (@TravelInsEx) November 12, 2019

    Furthermore the behavior of the fire is unpredictable and at the moment, with about 100 active outbreaks, the only way to defend against the flames is to escape.

    Meanwhile, looters are taking advantage of the situation and breaking into homes to steal valuables abandoned by people on the run.

    From last Friday to today, fires in the north-east of the state have already caused three victims and more than 100 wounded - including 20 firefighters - as well as destroy over 150 homes and more than one million hectares of forest and agricultural land.

    The fires that are ravaging Australia's east coast are worse than usual, due to the particularly dry climate and drought. At the end of last October the woods near Sydney started to burn a because of lightning which hit a particularly dry area. The flames affected the wooded area, destroying the trees and causing the death of hundreds of koalas and priceless environmental damage.
    Due to the strong winds the flames have become uncontrollable and these days the fire has reached the inhabited areas, with disastrous consequences for the population.



    https://twitter.com/TheLadynoirs/status/1194164797639512065

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    Tatiana Maselli

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