The main highway between Sydney and Canberra was cut by a bushfire and parts of New South Wales reached 40 degrees Celsius in September for the first time on record.
 |
| The grassfire at Paddys River near Wingello is causing lengthy traffic delays |
The New South Wales Rural Fire Service (RFS) said the blaze at Paddy's River, near Wingello, crossed the highway but the threat to property had eased. It was downgraded to Advice level at 6:00pm.
After several hours of closure about 160 kilometres west of Sydney and east of Canberra, the Hume Highway has reopened.
Meanwhile, temperature records are being broken as the east coast swelters through a heatwave.
In Sydney's west, it was 36.4C at Richmond, and records were set in other parts of the state.
Read Sarah Hawke’s ABC News story - “Hume Highway cut by bushfire, temperature records tumble as east coast swelters.”
No comments:
Post a Comment