Australia’s most populous state New South Wales (NSW) has declared the second state of emergency in two months on Thursday as temperatures were set to soar above 40C (104F) and nearly 100 bushfires were burning throughout the state, with authorities concerned about fires surrounding Sydney.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says the state of emergency will last seven days, running past Christmas. She adds that residents need to follow the advice of authorities over the next week, with extra diversions and road closures to be installed, and revise their Christmas plans.
