In Depth: Australia Fire – Climate Emergency

Wild bushfires have been ravaging Australia for several weeks now. These fires have been especially severe in the New South Wales region on Friday.
The State declared a week-long state of emergency in response to the escalating disaster. 916 homes have been destroyed this season, 363 more have been damaged. More than 100 fires are still burning in . Seven people died this week, including a firefighter.
Australian authorities told people to leave bushfire-affected areas in three states. They fear that conditions could get so extreme that even firefighters may be unable to defend entire towns.
On Friday, authorities in New South Wales urged people in high risk areas in the Snowy Valley to leave overnight.
In Victoria – 28 people are missing in the East Gippsland region – authorities have sent 250,000 text messages to people in affected shires and urged them to evacuate.
Both New South Wales and Victoria have given firefighting authorities the power to forcibly relocate people.
Today on In Depth we take a look at the grim situation unleashed by the Australian wildfires, why they have reached such gigantic proportions and the the human failure in failing to check their severity.

Anchor: Aditi Girotra

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