Smoke from the bush fires reaches NZ
On 1 January, 2020 incredible satellite footage showed smoke from the NSW bush fires had reached New Zealand's South Island.
It was testament to the amount of vegetation that has burnt over the previous 36 hours.
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Imagine you have asthma, what would you do if there was a lot of smoke in the city?
Hey Firestormers!
Stay indoors when there is a lot of smoke around.
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Actor Ben Lawson, who has starred in Modern Family, Firefly Lane, 13 Reasons Why, wrote this poem in Los Angeles where he has lived since 2008, as a love letter to his burning homeland.
On January 10, the NSW RFS produced fire prediction maps for all the active firegrounds.
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Some of the smoke from the fires created pyro-convective thunderstorms has even reached the troposphere.