How to help Australia’s unpaid firefighters battle the bushfire crisis

Australia is burning.

Nineteen people have been confirmed dead since the country’s unprecedented bushfires began, with eight killed in the state of New South Wales since Monday. Over 11 million acres have been burned and 1, 400homes destroyed, with people in affected areas lining up for dwindling meat, water, and fuel supplies.

Hundreds left stranded by the fires are being evacuated by sea and air, while street closures impede those attempting to flee by ground. Cities are choking in smoke over 10 or 20 periods hazardous degrees, the plumes so large they’re also smothering New Zealand 1,200 miles away. Experts belief almost half a billion swine are dead. Read more …

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