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November 21, 2019

Sydney, Australia, Shrouded in Smoke as Unprecedented Wildfires Rage
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In Sydney, Australia, health officials are warning young and elderly
residents and people with respiratory illness to stay indoors and avoid
exercise, as a thick blanket of smoke from unprecedented wildfires
settled over the city of 5 million people. The out-of-control fires have
raged for weeks as much of the continent is baked by a searing heat
wave, with the city of Melbourne on Wednesday matching a November
temperature record. Highs in parts of New South Wales have topped 110
degrees Fahrenheit this week. More fires are raging in Victoria and
Queensland states.


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