Four people unaccounted for, unknown number of homes lost11.42amafter more than 60 new fires flared up in the region at midnight and authorities battled what has shaped up to be a “dangerous and dynamic” inferno,The blazes have burnt more than 200,000 hectares of land in the East Gippsland region, with several townships still under ember attack.
Victorian government has requested the help of Australian Defence Force to reach coastal towns under threatPremier Daniel Andrews and Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp are giving a news conference right now - we will bring you information from that as it comes in.“There are several people who remain unaccounted for – four of them. And we have fears for their safety. But we cannot confirm their whereabouts," says Premier Andrews.
“at the moment is under threat of fire," says Commissioner Crisp. "We have embers going in. We have 4000 people on the beach there, that are being very well protected by our fire fighters.: “We don’t have specific details about property losses. But we do have significant property losses right across East Gippsland. There are significant losses," says Commissioner Crisp.Mark from Mallacoota is now speaking on ABC Gippsland.
"Some people got into their boats and went across to the other side of the lake to wait out the fire," he says. "We thought about doing that ourselves in our boat, but we decided against that because if the fire comes the winds will pick the seas up. We won't be able to see where we're going. The waves will be two or three feet. And if we get an ember attack, I don't want embers landing on my plastic fuel tank."
theage Donations are needed for the carers of wildlife. We can't lose these precious animals who have largely been wiped out. Loads of money so far for RFS but how much for wild life carers.
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theage Meanwhile politicians are playing games.
theage JackyArias27 the pictures that I told you. A terrible situation!
theage Wttttt !!!
theage SACM_AU
theage Dyno_MSTR
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theage David Jeffery was stuck in the Mallacoota bushfire. See more about his life here: Vicfires AustraliaBushfires AUSTRALIANBUSHFIRES australiaisburning fires DavidJeffery Mallacoota Australia
theage lily_bart this was on nye
theage اللهم خفف عنهم ما هم فيه الحمد لله الذى عافانا مما إبتلي به غيرنا و فضلنا علي كثيراً من خلقه
theage Heartbreaking.😞
theage Hillsong won’t save from this.
theage Terrible, cada verano que llega es peor esto 😟
theage And they tell us climate change isn't happening. When is the world going to wake up?, I know when its happen to you. Will is this happening to, so wake up.
theage LaurenBradbur14 holy crap!
theage May God be with you! Hopefully this fires will end soon... 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
theage الله اكبر
theage Global GreenNewDeal
theage EverythingToLose
theage Astonishing and terrifying. And Australia is currently advertising in the UK for people to fly long distance to holiday there. Not a clue about global climate change.
theage P3k3Monster 😥
theage Omg Australia! I am so sorry!😭😭😭 May rains come & put out all these fires. This is devaststing. Trump offered Russia help. Has he offered to send help to Australia?
theage What's going on there
theage truly sad
carynmiller2 theage Our hearts go out to you, Australia. 💔
HoodedMan theage Looks like hell has arrived, blood red skies 😱
theage 🙏
theage This is so painful to see. ❤️🇦🇺
theage I feel so sorry for all these people. Can you imagine how many humans, animals, and homes have been destroyed.
theage How horrible. Stay safe people
theage Hope to put out the fire as soon as possible💪🏻
theage Beautiful in a worrying kind of way.
theage Surprised your Head of State isn't taking more of an active interest. Oh ...
theage Unreal!!
theage This isnt incredible this is just frightening and dangerous
theage My heart breaks from CA Woolsey fire local I hope all make it through this terrifying fire safely. 💔🔥 Mallacoota
theage I mixed up Mallacoota with Coolangatta and thought my old home was in the path of the fire. Used to live a hen's race from the Capt. Cook monument.
theage Heart breaking
ChloeMorello theage I would be hella creeped out looking at red skies it's almost like the end times are very close hope everyone is safe
theage GOD BLESS 🇦🇺 🦘 AustraliaFires 🔥💔
theage آيه من آيات غضب الله...
theage This is devastating! Many people are still unaware of what’s happening in Australia. My heart goes out to all affected 💔 KSUSocial
theage Some perspective
theage 😲😬 I think it's the hill.
heidi_k_edmonds theage Where is the help from other foreign countries? Have they refused help? They need help badly!
theage 😢
theage Hey ScottyfromMarketing Your new year... Enjoy.. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
theage Get ready for more of these hellscapes yearly, or as the hipster said ' cool filter bruh'
theage This is fake
ChloeMorello theage nancyyinLA
PGWodelouse theage WTF?
Mrsmaxdewinter theage 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
theage Fuckn unbelievable
theage Better pray for rain. Dont forget this is actual lnp policy
theage This is bad!! Praying for better days x
theage I feel utter and total panic and despair hearing anything about the Australian climate disaster. Can’t imagine what it has done to the country’s mental and physical health.
theage Ha...... no
theage While climate action is certainly warranted the issue also involves having enough equipment and people prepared for this. Just because it hadn't happened for a while didn't mean we should get care less. Also emergency warning systems would help.
theage Please stop colorising the images for dramatic purposes to make more money. I have seen photos taken by people there posted on twitter and everything is more orange than red.
theage どうして、空が赤いのですか？
SuperSpuddles theage This is, quite literally, hell on earth. Fuck the Australian government for allowing things to get this bad.
theage Why can’t other countries send water planes to help 😢
theage Just a reminder of who stopped the planned burns in Gippsland. A little like the “Trolley Problem”, sacrificing a relatively small number of birds then would have saved human lives and houses now.
theage The animals. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
theage Non, il n'y a pas de changement climatique. Un grand Feu d'Artifice ce soir 🧨 🍢 🎇 ?
theage Not even even enhanced photos. Day turns to night. Horrifying.
cliodiaspora theage 🙏🏻
PHortonF1 theage Scary
Rivermansky63 theage And there are going to be fireworks in Sydney tonight? 😮
theage ShinzoAbe Johnny's Mallacoota マツコ ミッツ Life 2020 NewYear Glad صباح_الخير
theage ScottyfromMarketing is hosting a party at his house tonight whilst thousands loose theirs because of the fires 😡 more help from the coal lover😡
theage jimmykimmel and jimmyfallon here is what is happening around Australia RIGHT NOW , both your shows are platforms for awareness and to help with donations for those who lost everything , please share this on your show or twitter accounts AustralianFires kimmel fallon auspol
DeoTasDevil theage This, in my mind, is literal hell on earth... Be careful...
NightieTime theage Welp god and nature got pissed off to much even the devil agrees and turns the sky thick fog and red to literally kill people
theage So scary!
millyfromoz theage Oh my god, that's terrifying and awful, my thoughts are with them and everyone affected by these horrendous fires, sending love from the uk, wish there was more we could do💔😥
theage It looks like a bloody horror movie.
ciarakellydoc theage Horrific & terrifying....words are not enough
theage Unelievebel and here in Belgium just like springtime
theage Keeping all of you in our hearts and thoughts. This is horrifying. 💔
theage Couldn’t agree more.
theage hell on earth
theage ?
theage I’m sure ScottFromMarketing will spin it into a positive while out of the country again
theage Looks like hell on Earth
theage I know you need more but prayers up 🙏🏽 for Australia.
theage How have you reported climate change, how is your conscious?
theage Like armageddon, horrendous
theage Unbelievable (& again unbelievable Sydney has fireworks at new year) cityofsydney
kokeshi_me theage Your leaders have failed you.
theage I’m reading these posts from California and I am horrified. Why isn’t the PM horrified This is climate destruction and can no longer be ignored by *leaders* that leave their citizens to fend for themselves while throwing a party, for fuck’s sake. Do your actual job or resign!
Lady_Star_Gem theage 🙏🙏🙏
theage I doubt the people of Mallacoota will enjoy the fireworks tonight.
theage whereisScoMo
theage 🤢😡💔🙏💦
theage These scenes happening at this time remind me of U2’s New Year’s Day; “Under a blood red sky; A crowd has gathered, arms entwined...” 😕
theage Similar
theage Please read this from our country last summer. I know it is too late for Mallacoota to evacuate but please do not regard the sea as a safe haven. People who went in the ocean here died from inhalation/infection/hypothermia. Just evacuate if you can.
theage watching in the uk...have a feeling of impending doom for you guys...hope the weather breaks..stay safe..
theage That looks like total recall... Scary
phylogenomics theage 😢
theage One thing is sure... The Australian government is not handling this situation well...
theage We are out of the country at present, but news of the Aussie fires is all over the bulletins here in Europe. Pictures on Twitter show it’s absolutely frightening. It’s the first thing people talk abou when they know you are from Australia 🇦🇺... May it end now...!!! tandjos19 💥
theage God please save your people
theage cnni
theage looks a bit like payback for all those shrimps on the barbi's.
theage Terrifying and heartbreaking. If we don’t do anything about ClimateChange, this is gonna be the near future of California. Disasters like bushfires and extreme hurricanes will occur everywhere at some point in the not far-off future.
theage BorisJohnson Never mind sending international aid to countries we know nothing about, how about we help our friends in Australia. What are the UK doing to help our commonwealth allies?
theage Seeing these images, & reading the updates, makes me feel very sad at the state of our country. My heart goes out to the people facing these horrors, & to our precious wildlife - so tragic 😔 vicfires AustralianFires AustraliaBurns
theage It's passed by.
theage It’s just incomprehensible. I feel for them all, including the wildlife. How can any wildlife survive this? It’s just heartbreaking. 💔
Viola1500 theage So while this fire rages in the south Sydney is till gong along with its fireworks. Very inappropriate and in very poor taste. Is it really about the money?
theage OMG!! This is horrible!
theage The RedSummer
theage Awful. All I can do here is just wish you all the best. Stay safe!!
theage Bloody hell. Literally.
theage Malibu’s Woolsey Fire last year stranded many on Zuma Beach to breathe in the toxic smoke as they watched their homes burn to the ground. Sending ❤️to the folks in Mallacoota.
chrislhayes theage 🙏
theage This is terrible.. God save/protect them all
theage Emperor1G
theage Prayers are out for everyone ☹
theage Damn. Stay as safe as you can.
theage Heartbreaking.. Prayers from S. California 🙏🙏
chrislhayes theage It’s the end of the fucking world.
theage Come on now! we've had Apocalyptical Doomsday Blood-Red Terrifying Skies for years, I tells ya!
theage For anyone wishing “thoughts and prayers,” consider murdering a billionaire oilman or similar instead
theage Can they breathe
theage And evil ppl told there isn't climate change, yes tell it to them, koalas are going extinct, folks are diying WTH
theage Straight out of the playbook of the GOP. It seems that Australian politicians learned talking points from the US 'When asked about Labor’s support for coal, he says “now is not the time to answer questions like that”.
hbish theage What can we do to help, blankets, Blood donations?
mvgal92691 theage Absolutely frightening.
MikeCarlton01 theage Horrific scenes. My heart breaks
theage 💔 This is terrifying
sharondel theage Straight out of Dante’s Inferno. Prey for all .
elle_desylva theage That’s scary as hell looking. Apocalyptic
50ShadesofVan theage Praying for your safety! This is so horrible! 😢
theage We need to stop overpopulation. The planet can't support the number of people we have. We are altering the climate using more resources than the planet can replace. What happens when we don't have enough oxygen? We already don't have enough water in half the world & Food is short
theage OMG, this gives me the shivers😱 Looks hellish.
courtneyswayze theage Is the PM still out of the country?
theage This is horrible 😪
MikeCarlton01 theage Red Skys. Exactly like in the old prophecies. 😱
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chrislhayes theage This should be the lead on all news stations. It will happen here!
theage 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 How awful 😳 Scariest thing I’ve ever seen 😢
theage Oh my, that is terrifying 😧 god bless them all
chrislhayes theage A Climate-change hellscape. Don’t worry, I’m sure the billionaires are fine
chrislhayes theage A whole new meaning to the roaring twenties...this is a climate emergency...Green New Deal, stopping fossil fuel burning wars, on and on..no private jets to Fiji for climate crisis meetings. The planet will survive ..maybe not mammals.
chrislhayes theage These photos are straight out of the mind of Hieronymus Bosch.
theage Omg my heart is literally breaking! This is something out of a nightmare! That sky is horrible
theage CC elonmusk Mars is here.
chrislhayes theage nicolas_lap oufff
chrislhayes theage Oh my stars. As a Californian, I feel for their sheer terror right now. Be safe be safe be safe!
mattdpearce theage Wow. Hope they are all right.
chrislhayes theage Pray!!!
theage We knew for years events like this would get worse, and yet 'Atlas shrugged'
Richard_D_Boyle theage auspol AlboMP Pity you are so out of touch with the 21st century and ClimateEmergency
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Hell has finally opened up cause we ignored mother natures cry for help. 💔 Stay safe out there..
MrJonCryer theage My God... they better get a Dunkirk like operation going!
theage Pessoas que se recusaram a sair apesar dos alertas.
theage Yet Dan Andrews is still on a luxury holiday
theage I just can't imagine. 🥺🙏🙏🙏🥺
RedTRaccoon theage Australia is in a horrific situation right now. If you believe in prayer, please pray for rain and the safety of the people and all of the animals. So many animals are suffering and dying.
AnnBrenoff theage Holy FUCKing ClimateChange
theage Still to early to talk GladysB ?
theage Refreshing to see a newspaper reporting the news as it happens, rather than the LNP house journal running idiotic drivel from A Taylor.
MikeCarlton01 theage
theage May your days look like this, WBrettWilson .
theage How sad 🙁
theage Idiots - they were told to LEAVE - they had plenty of warning.
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theage This is insane!
theage Are other countries helping This is just unbelievable!
Wil_Anderson theage Thanks ScottFromMarketing !
lauferlaw theage Simply horrifying.
theage OMG! 🙏
lauferlaw theage 🙏🏼🙏🏻
MrJonCryer theage Meanwhile ScoMo says nothing happening is related to climate change. Only the worst set of bushfires EVER seen in Aust.
_ClaireConnelly theage BernieSanders
theage Dear Aussie Friends: Americans are here for you in your time of crisis. Sending my thoughts for your safety. Malacoota EastGippsland Victoria AustralianFires
theage Incredible pics and terrifying. Our emergency personnel/ volunteers are true heroes bushfirecrisis
theage but australian is telling us we've had these disasters before, nothing out of the ordinary
theage 🙏 Sending prayers from California for the safety of firefighters and all in the path of these horrific fires in Australia. vicfires LAFDtalk
TheLSD theage It a manifestation of Hell.
theage Hoping they all get out safely. I can’t imagine how terrified they must be and how exhausted the brave firefighters are.
theage My heart bleeds for them this is terrifying it makes u feel so helpless
theage Why is the navy not rescuing them?
theage Please tell us what we can do to help ? where to donate supplies / money for firefighters / the community. I’m struggling sitting at my home in Melb watching twitter updates feeling helpless. Mallacoota
theage Media with the biggest boners they’ve ever had.
theage This is insane! Can any cruise ships get close enough for a rescue? God help these poor people.
theage Australia voted for this. Elections have consequences.
theage dempseylaurie
theage Jesus
theage The sky is bleeding, 🩸🩸🩸 actually its the land
RedTRaccoon theage Stay safe Victoria 😢🇦🇺 VictoriaFires
theage Does those CFA tankers contain flammable substance ? Wouldn’t that make things worse ?
theage Father God protect the firefighters who are battling this inferno, pave a path for evacuations of those trapped, protect the lives of those in the path of this fire, and Lord in and through it all may you be glorified and may you bring something good out of this horrific tragedy.
theage Biblical. I hope they aren't left, and I hope this isn't treated as an isolated incident. I can't imagine the fear they must be feeling waiting.
theage Holy shit, they were given life vests and told to jump in the water. 4000 ppl in a lake! Omg this is devastating
theage Stay safe all of australia stands with u in spirit and heart much love💔🇦🇺
theage $10 billions wasted on useless wind and solar power instead of buying these.
theage What are they suppose to do? Go out on ships and wait it out ?
unlikelyortiz theage My God! It’s like hell!
theage Feel so sorry for everyone who have lost family, friends, there livelyhoods and houses to these fires. It truly breaks my heart 💔 seing this. I feel so helpless to them all, the pressure the fire services must be facing must be overwhelming. Sad images. 😥
theage 🙏🏻🇨🇦
StrikeClimate theage Terrifying
StrikeClimate theage 💪🇺🇾
theage ddofinternet
theage Que horrible esto :(
L_DeWeaver theage Hell scape.
RV_27 theage 😢
theage Oh my gosh, that's horrible
theage Praying for all involved an caught in these fires in NSW and Victoria 🙏🙏🙏
theage Terrifying images, stay safe
theage 😢
theage Holy f**cking sh*t. 🤯