Cancel Australia New Year celebrations for fires

New Year's fireworks shows in Canberra and other cities in Australia were canceled due to forest fires burning in the midst of the intense heat of summer, but Sydney will hold its iconic demonstration on Tuesday night after receiving a waiver of the ban total. Pressures had increased for the show in Sydney to be canceled, before the Rural Fire Service of New South Wales approved the event on Monday. The popular celebrations are expected to attract one million people to Sydney Bay and generate 130 million Australian dollars (91 million dollars) for the state economy. Last year, an estimated one billion people worldwide watched the show on television. The most populous state in Australia has suffered the bulk of forest fires that have killed nine people and destroyed more than a thousand homes across the country in recent months. Of the 97 fires burning in New South Wales on Monday, 43 were not yet contained. A total fire ban was in effect in Sydney, Canberra and other sites to prevent new fires. On Tuesday, temperatures of up to 33 degrees Celsius were expected in Sydney, with warmer conditions in the western suburbs. The thick smoke that has covered the famous sites in the city was also expected to continue. The hot air that comes from central Australia is particularly dry and is then expected to worsen in New South Wales as it approaches on Tuesday, ”said rural fire commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Sunday that fireworks should proceed to show Australia's resistance. In Victoria, the country's second most populous state, wildfires were forcing thousands of residents and visitors to leave the area. Melbourne, the capital of Victoria, recorded temperatures of 41 degrees Celsius on Monday, with areas southwest of the city reaching 44 degre

• 2019-12-31T02:44:13+00:00
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• Australia
• 2020
• Noticias
• Noticia
• FuegosArtificiales
• nota
• Sydney
• sidney

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