Australia fires: Travel warnings issued over ‘catastrophic’ conditions

Australia fires: Travel warnings issued over ‘catastrophic’ conditions

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Catastrophic fire warnings are in place across the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), where firefighters are tackling more than 100 blazes.

Authorities have urged Christmas travellers to delay their journeys as conditions threaten to intensify the bushfire crisis.

Rising temperatures and strong winds worsened fires across three states on Saturday.

Three blazes around Sydney are burning at emergency level.

“We are asking everybody not to travel on roads anywhere near the vicinity of an active fire unless you absolutely have to,” Gladys Berejiklian, premier of NSW, said at a news conference.