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Speaker 1: Hello, Welcome to the update. I'm Mary Anne Harris. Extreme

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Speaker 1: weather conditions in Victoria has produced apocalyptic scenes as out

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Speaker 1: of control bushfire's tear through parts of the state, winds

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Speaker 1: of up to ninety kilometers an hour of fueled the blazers,

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Speaker 1: forcing residents and farming communities to flee, leaving behind their

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Speaker 1: precious stock and livelihoods. Dozens of homes have been destroyed

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Speaker 1: in the state's central towns of Ruffi and Longwood, along

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Speaker 1: with properties in the northeast at Strathbogie, Marandindi and Mansfield.

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Speaker 1: So far, three people remain unaccounted for and a firefighter

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Speaker 1: has been treated for burns to his hand. Thousands of

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Speaker 1: homes and businesses remain without power as hundreds of firefighters

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Speaker 1: continue to battle the dozens of fires still burning. Financial

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Speaker 1: hardship payments are being activated for those affected. Deputy Mayor

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Speaker 1: of Strathbogiy shop Hia Claire Ewood Kennedy says the losses

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Speaker 1: have been substantial.

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Speaker 2: The devastation is far and why I have had in

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Speaker 2: the multiple people coming in today that have lost everything,

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Speaker 2: including businesses including.

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Speaker 1: However, meanwhile, the New South Wales Rural Fire Service has

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Speaker 1: declared total firebands for eight parts of New South Wales today,

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Speaker 1: including Greater Sydney. Spokesperson Greg Allen says that means no

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Speaker 1: open fires or use of any device that could spark

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Speaker 1: a flame.

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Speaker 3: So unfortunately that means with barbecues, nothing with solid fuel

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Speaker 3: like wood, charcoal or briquettes. There are rules around electric

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Speaker 3: and gas barbecues and all those rules are available on

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Speaker 3: the Arifice website.

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Speaker 1: Meanwhile, a recall has been issued for a luxury Volkswagen Suv.

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Speaker 1: There are warnings at the high voltage battery and hundreds

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Speaker 1: of Volkswagen two regg vehicles could overheat while charging, potentially

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Speaker 1: sparking a fire. Owners of models data between twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: and twenty twenty four are advised to have their cars

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Speaker 1: inspected as soon as possible. Sport and Entertainment News Next

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Speaker 1: in Entertainment News, our very own Ossie actrest Hegan Croft

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Speaker 1: will let down her hair and play Rapunzel in Disney's

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Speaker 1: live action movie Tangled. Croft has been cast alongside Milo Mannheim,

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Speaker 1: who will play her love interest, the charming outlaw Flynn Ryder.

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Speaker 1: A release date is yet to be announced. Just Sport

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Speaker 1: of Mitchell Stark has been nominated for the ICC's Player

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Speaker 1: of the Month award after being named Player of the

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Speaker 1: Ashes series, while Ossie meyer joints hopes of advancing to

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Speaker 1: the semi finals of the United Cup have been dashed

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Speaker 1: after losing her singles tied at Poland's eager Vontech. And

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Speaker 1: that's the latest from the Nova podcast news team. We'll

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Speaker 1: have another episode of the Update for you later