Smoke from Australia bush fires turn New Zealand sky's orange
A view of orange skies in Auckland, New Zealand, from smoke plumes caused by bushfires in Australia January 5, 2020, in this picture obtained from social media. Mandatory credit TWITTER @ZIMENAJ
Smoke from raging bushfires in Australia blanketed parts of neighboring New Zealand on Sunday, turning the sky over Auckland a bright orange.
The city is more than 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) from southeastern Australia, parts of which have been devastated by bushfires that have raged for months.
Local police have asked residents to stop calling the nation’s emergency hotline to report the issue.
Zimena Dormer-Didovich told Reuters that it was unsettling and felt “apocalyptic”.
“We’re in Auckland, New Zealand. That’s why this is so shocking to us - we’re so far away yet this smoke is so intense,” Dormer-Didovich said, adding how the few hours of exposure to the smoke were being felt.
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“My 14-year-old’s asthma is playing up, and I’m starting to notice that my breathing is slightly affected too.”
The bushfires in Australia have killed 24 people, destroyed more than 1,500 homes and burnt through more than 5.25 million hectares (13 million acres) since September.
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