Sydney residents need to brace themselves for 'unprecedented losses' as the bushfires on the city's doorstep breach its suburbs later this summer, an ex-fire chief warns. Six lives have been lost in NSW so far this bushfire season while more than 680 homes have been destroyed. 'The scientists have been predicting for decades that climate change will result in more extreme weather events,' Mr Kean said. 'Hotter days, less rain, more drought, worse air quality, that is what the scientists have told us climate change looks like. 'I mean, this is climate change - if this is not climate change then what the hell's going to happen when it does hit?'

Source: Daily Mail December 10, 2019 20:55 UTC