Australians can't imagine how towns will be rebuilt after fires. Sky's chesh witnesses the devastation in the Australian state of Victoria.
It has been cut off all week byAlong 110 miles of coastline, we saw two massive fires towering above - huge blazes the fire services can still not contain.AdvertisementOn the port side, an inky yellow miasma over land. The sea itself was dark with ash.After four hours we reached Mallacoota.
Navy ships arrived here only today, delivering water, fuel and supplies. The town has been completely isolated since the fires started on Sunday.The pictures from the firestorm were extraordinary: people under an unnatural black red sky sheltering on the waterline.Some people we spoke to had taken refuge on the water when the fires came, hiding in boats.
Others went to the main hall in town, a solid structure protected by firefighters, where they played children's films to keep the toddlers there calm.Angela and her child will have to be airlifted, while her parents will be ferried by boatShe told Sky News:"Every now and then I feel nauseous at the thought of what has happened and the recovery effort that has got to happen here.
"I just can't even imagine how to build this town with all of these houses lost. It's going to be really hard for people but it's an incredible community here."Angela and her child will have to be airlifted, while her parents will be ferried by boat. It will be a huge operation. The aim is to shuttle 1,000 people from a narrow, perilous jetty to the big navy vessel waiting in deeper water.Then the emergency service will do the same thing, another three or perhaps four times, until everyone who wants to has left.'I can't breathe': Teen fights fire near homeIt was heartbreaking to see. He told me there had been a lot of tears over the last days.We'd arrived with tents and sleeping bags, planning to camp on the beach.
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