Australia bushfires destroy homes in New South Wales

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Wildfires in Australia’s New South Wales scorched thousands of hectares of bushland on Saturday (Dec 6), prompting authorities to issue top-level evacuation warnings for thousands of residents in the country’s most populous state.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Wildfires in Australia's New South Wales

00:06scorched thousands of hectares of bushland on Saturday,

00:10prompting authorities to issue top-level evacuation warnings

00:13for thousands of residents in the country's most populous state.

00:17New South Wales Premier Chris Minns said at least 12 homes were damaged

00:21as bushfires swept through Kulawang, about 45 kilometres north of Sydney.

00:26Obviously the situation in Kulawang is devastating for the people who have lost their houses.

00:32We have got a confirmed situation of 12 damaged or destroyed homes as it currently stands,

00:40though that number may rise.

00:42There are no reports of missing, injured or killed individuals as it currently stands, which is good news.

00:50More than 70 bushfires were burning across the state late on Saturday,

00:54including a major blaze in the Upper Hunter region at the highest emergency rating,

00:58which has already consumed nearly 10,000 hectares.

01:02Authorities have warned of a high-risk bushfire season this summer following several quieter years.

01:08The catastrophic black summer fires of 2019 to 2020 destroyed an area the size of Turkey and claimed 33 lives.

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01:22est ever around the island.

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01:29distance from the edge of the city's left of the island.

01:32The Brooklyn Bridge is still there.

01:33You can actually see the space of the red by the river.

01:38There's a semi-file on the island.

01:39I'm trying to get a storm-level going.

01:40I'm trying to get a storm-level going.

01:42Whether it'll be a professional-level area,

01:43you can use the direction of the island and the island.

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