Speaker 1: From the Daily os. I'm Emma, I'm lucy. It's Tuesday,
Speaker 1: the fourteenth of January. Here's what's making headlines this evening.
Speaker 2: Several homes have been evacuated after a landslide destroyed a
Speaker 2: house in Victoria's Mornington Peninsula. Emergency services were called to
Speaker 2: McCrae this morning after a home collapse down a cliff
Speaker 2: injuring a local council worker. Vick Emergency has issued a
Speaker 2: landslide alert, warning the slope could continue to move in
Speaker 2: the days ahead. Residents from seven neighboring properties have been
Speaker 2: evacuated from their homes amid the continuing risk, and anyone
Speaker 2: in the area has been urged to stay away from
Speaker 2: the landslide.
Speaker 1: Fire crews in La are bracing for the return of
Speaker 1: dangerous Santa Anna winds as the city's wildfire emergency continues.
Speaker 1: Prolonged guests are expected to bring winds in excess of
Speaker 1: one hundred kilometers per hour to parts of southern California
Speaker 1: over the coming hours and days. The National Weather Service
Speaker 1: has warned the forecasted conditions could lead to explosive fire growth.
Speaker 1: In opposed to x, The Weather Service's La branch set
Speaker 1: its issued red flag warnings for Tuesday, which it described
Speaker 1: as the extreme of the extreme fire weather scenarios. In
Speaker 1: other words, it said this setup is about as bad
Speaker 1: as it gets. Conditions are expected to ease by Friday.
Speaker 1: The fires have killed at least twenty four people and
Speaker 1: burned through thousands of acres of land and property.
Speaker 2: Mystery balls have forced the closure of nine Sydney beaches
Speaker 2: as authorities work to determine their contents. Gray and white
Speaker 2: colored marble sized balls were spotted at several popular swimming
Speaker 2: spots along Sydney's northern beaches, including Manly d Y and
Speaker 2: Curl Curl earlier Today. The New South Wales Environment Protection
Speaker 2: Agency is testing samples of the balls, while the Northern
Speaker 2: Beaches Council is leaning clean up efforts. It comes after
Speaker 2: hundreds of tar balls washed up on beaches in Sydney's
Speaker 2: East last year. Beach goes have been advised to avoid
Speaker 2: the debris.
Speaker 1: And today's good news, a giant pink slug, thought to
Speaker 1: have gone extinct after the black Summer bushfires, has been
Speaker 1: found in a New South Wales National Park. Populations of
Speaker 1: the fluorescent critter, which can grow longer than a human hand,
Speaker 1: have bounced back with some eight hundred and fifty recent
Speaker 1: sidings in an area of northwest New South Wales. It
Speaker 1: comes after the twenty nineteen bushfires in the Alpine area
Speaker 1: killed around ninety percent of all computer slugs according to
Speaker 1: a report by Guardian Australia. Its comeback was tracked by
Speaker 1: citizen scientists thanks to the National Parks and Wildlife Service
Speaker 1: slug Sleuth app.
Speaker 2: That's the latest from the Daily Oz newsroom. If you're
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Speaker 1: We'll be back tomorrow morning. Until then, have a great evening.
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