Australia wildfires continue to rage

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Strong winds and high temperatures are stoking 130 separate wildfires across Australia’s east coast. Four people have died, two-and-a-half million acres have burned, and more than 300 homes have been destroyed. The BBC’s Shaima Khalil reports in a rural part of New South Wales.

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