Authorities have warned the fire danger will escalate this week in Australia's two most populous states with rising temperatures and drier conditions.
CANBERRA, Australia – Dust storms, hail and flash floods battered beleaguered Australian cities, extreme weather that diminished the threat from scores of wildfires blazing across the country’s southeast.
To the west, a 186-mile-wide cloud of red dust was carried by wind gusts up to 66 mph and descended on the drought-stricken towns of Dubbo, Broken Hill, Nyngan and Parkes. Much of the dust is topsoil from New South Wales state farms. Hail struck Melbourne, Australia’s second-largest city, on Sunday, and more hailstorms are forecast. The city has been choked by smoke from distant wildfires in Victoria state.
The fires have claimed at least 28 lives since September, destroyed more than 2,600 homes and razed more than 25.7 million acres. The area burned is larger than the U.S. state of Indiana.
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