Navy evacuates fire-ringed Australian townHMAS Choules, deployed off the smokey coast near Mallacoota to help in the evacuation. SYDNEY: The Australian military has begun the seaborne evacuation of hundreds of people trapped in a fire-ringed southeastern town, as the country braced for yet more catastrophic conditions. "Around 1,000 people should have been evacuated out of that area by this afternoon," Prime Minister Scott Morrison said. Victoria premier Dan Andrews said "satellite phones have now been dropped into a number of regions along with water and emergency supplies". They're feeling very raw," Morrison said.

Source: Bangkok Post January 03, 2020 06:11 UTC