3 January 20
"We haven't, in my lifetime, had people on beaches waiting to be evacuated, in boats out to sea like it's a peacetime version of something that we’ve seen during wartime."
Authorities urged a mass exodus from towns on Australia's southeast coast, an area hugely popular in the current summer peak holiday season, warning that extreme heat forecast for the weekend will further stoke the fires.
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