Australian bushfires fires hit coal output, conditions to worsen
) said on Tuesday that poor air quality caused by smoke from Australia’s bushfires is hurting coal production, as authorities cautioned a reprieve from hazardous fire conditions could end within days.
Scores of fires were still burning on the country’s east coast on Tuesday despite thunderstorms and rain in recent days. “Not all the fires received the heavy rain over the past few days, so local fire crews will definitely be keeping a close eye on those firefronts,” Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist Philip Landvogt said by telephone.
The fierce bushfires in Australia’s east have killed 29 people and millions of animals, destroyed more than 2,500 homes and razed 11 million hectares of wilderness since September. The crisis follows three years of drought that experts have linked to climate change. * The Bureau of Meteorology warned the East Gippsland region to expect strong winds after thunderstorms rolled through a day earlier. Earlier this month, people in East Gippsland were evacuated by Navy ships as bushfires destroyed whole towns.
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