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.

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

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

Morrison thanked the United States administration for revising the travel advisory back to Level One after it was recently upgraded to Level Two due to the poor air quality and haze generated by the wildfires.

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