Australian bushfires: firefighters struggle to contain Hawkesbury blaze as catastrophic conditions forecast in WA

Severe isolated thunderstorms forecast in Queensland, which could create dry lightning strikes that start more fires

Forty-degree heat and catastrophic conditions in Western Australia and lightning strikes in Queensland could intensify fires over the weekend as Australia enters its second week of sustained bushfires.

As of Saturday morning, conditions in New South Wales had eased slightly but the NSW Rural Fire Service said an uncontrolled bushfire burning through more than 100,000 hectares near Sydney’s northwestern outskirts was unlikely to be contained before weather conditions worsen.

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