Published 12:12 IST, January 14th 2020

Morrison warns of more months of wildfires

Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison warned Tuesday that his country will possibly be facing months of confronting the wildfires, even though weather conditions have eased over the past few days.

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Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison warned Tuesday that his country will possibly be facing months of confronting wildfires, even though wear conditions have eased over past few days.

He told reporters in Canberra that briefings with Bureau of Meteorology suggested that Australian will experience warmer and dryer wear up to end of April.

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Morrison also anunced grants of $75,000 ($52,000 USD) to farmers and primary producers affected by wildfires that devastated farmland across several states.

Morrison thanked United States ministration for revising travel visory back to Level One after it was recently upgred to Level Two due to poor air quality and haze generated by wildfires.

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Melbourne started day with hazardous air pollution as smoke from wildfires in Victoria's east and in sourn New South Wales state drifted through.

 

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12:12 IST, January 14th 2020