Australia fires: nine dead and hundreds of properties destroyed, with worse to come

Extract from The Guardian

Bushfires

Residents in Victoria and New South Wales count terrible cost during brief reprieve from disaster that has sent smoke as far as New Zealand

Ben Smee, Calla Wahlquist and Helen Davidson

Wed 1 Jan 2020 19.05 AEDT Last modified on Thu 2 Jan 2020 03.00 AEDT

The remains of burnt-out buildings are seen along main street in the New South Wales town of Cobargo after bushfires ravaged the town. Photograph: Sean Davey/AFP via Getty Images

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