Walwa (Australia) (AFP) – Bushfires burn near Walwa in the Australian state of Victoria, as firefighters warn that fire danger could reach its highest level — “catastrophic” — amid a current heatwave. The rating advises residents to evacuate at-risk areas, with temperatures forecast to exceed 40C in parts of the southeast. Combined with hot, dry winds, the heat could fuel some of the most dangerous conditions since the “Black Summer” blazes of 2019-2020, which razed millions of hectares, destroyed thousands of homes and blanketed cities in noxious smoke.
