Southeastern Australia has been swept by devastating bushfires for the past month—the state of New South Wales currently has more than 50 fires burning, and blames the blazes for the loss of four lives and more than 500 homes. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian declared a state of emergency on November 11, and residents have been warned of “catastrophic” fire conditions, as extreme high temperatures and strong winds remain in the forecast. Below, images from southeastern Australia over the past few weeks, of the fires and of those coping with the disaster.
Photos of Australia’s ‘Catastrophic’ Bushfires
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A dehydrated and injured Koala receives treatment at the Port Macquarie Koala Hospital in Port Macquarie on November 2, 2019, after its rescue from a bushfire that has ravaged an area of some 5,000 acres. #
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Rural Fire Service volunteers and New South Wales Fire and Rescue officers protect a home on Wheelbarrow Ridge Road during the Gospers Mountain fire near Colo Heights, southwest of Sydney, Australia, on November 19, 2019. #
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Neighbors Teresa de Ruyter (left) and Michelle Wilson embrace after returning to their homes after the bushfires near the small town of Nana Glen, about 600 kilometers north of Sydney, on November 13, 2019. #
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Sharnie Moren and her 18-month-old daughter Charlotte look on as thick smoke rises from bushfires outside Nana Glen, near Coffs Harbour, Australia, on November 12, 2019. #
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NSW Rural Fire Service crews fight a fire as it burns close to a property on Wheelbarrow Ridge Road at Colo Heights, northwest of Sydney, Australia, on November 19, 2019. #
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