from the Illawarra/Shoalhaven region up to the Far North Coast of NSW, including the Greater Sydney and Greater Hunter regions. Total fire bans are also in place for those districts."The highest fire dangers would be in the Hunter and [nearby] inland parts," senior meteorologist with Weatherzone Brett Dutschke said. "For that area, and for western Sydney, west and north-westerly winds in the afternoon will be pushing up fire dangers.
At least eight schools or campuses were "ceasing operations due to high levels of smoke", a government spokesman said. "Last Thursday and Friday, everything was red and orange," Mr Muldoon said. "Today, everything's a blanket grey." Extra help is on the way, with a DC10 water-bombing aircraft due to arrive from the US in the coming days, he said.Temperatures will start to climb into the 30s for most of Sydney by Monday, with a top of 39 degrees forecast for Penrith the following day.The large heatwave building over central Australia is unlikely to push the mercury along coastal NSW to the levels seen earlier this week, Mr Dutschke said.
We should have kept the carbon tax in... maybe would have stopped all these bushfires 😂😂😂
Feeling for you all and praying your homes can be saved. Thanks to the firies and all emergency support people.
Oh god catastrophic cataclysmic armegeddon terror! We’re all going to die! keeptheminfearsellsellsell
Bushfires burning down the homes of climate-denying, LNP-voting rural rednecks is a good thing. auspol
Looks bad. Lucky the government has classified fire fighters as NOT front line and therefore can have their budgets cut. budgetcuts