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  • THREATENING BOTH AUSTRALIA'S PEOPLE AND ITS ICONIC ANIMALS.

  • AUSTRALIA'S PEOPLE AND ITS ICONIC ANIMALS. WE GET MORE NOW FROM

  • ITS ICONIC ANIMALS. WE GET MORE NOW FROM NBC'S MATT BRADLEY.

  • WE GET MORE NOW FROM NBC'S MATT BRADLEY. >> Reporter: TONIGHT

  • NBC'S MATT BRADLEY. >> Reporter: TONIGHT THESE APOCALYPTIC

  • >> Reporter: TONIGHT THESE APOCALYPTIC SCENES HAPPENING

  • THESE APOCALYPTIC SCENES HAPPENING ACROSS AUSTRALIA.

  • SCENES HAPPENING ACROSS AUSTRALIA. MASSIVE WILDFIRES

  • ACROSS AUSTRALIA. MASSIVE WILDFIRES CREATING A STUNNING

  • MASSIVE WILDFIRES CREATING A STUNNING RED SKY.

  • CREATING A STUNNING RED SKY. THOUSANDS HUDDLING ON

  • RED SKY. THOUSANDS HUDDLING ON THE BEACH, DESPERATE

  • THOUSANDS HUDDLING ON THE BEACH, DESPERATE TO ESCAPE THE

  • THE BEACH, DESPERATE TO ESCAPE THE SCORCHING HEAT FROM

  • TO ESCAPE THE SCORCHING HEAT FROM THE FLAMES.

  • SCORCHING HEAT FROM THE FLAMES. >> PRETTY EXTREME.

  • THE FLAMES. >> PRETTY EXTREME. IT WAS VERY SCARY.

  • >> PRETTY EXTREME. IT WAS VERY SCARY. >> EVERYTHING WENT

  • IT WAS VERY SCARY. >> EVERYTHING WENT WOOF.

  • >> EVERYTHING WENT WOOF. >> Reporter: THESE

  • WOOF. >> Reporter: THESE PEOPLE SHELTERED IN A

  • >> Reporter: THESE PEOPLE SHELTERED IN A BOUQUET ENVELOPED BY

  • PEOPLE SHELTERED IN A BOUQUET ENVELOPED BY SMOKE.

  • BOUQUET ENVELOPED BY SMOKE. >> THE CARAVAN TOP

  • SMOKE. >> THE CARAVAN TOP BECAUSE THE FIRE IS

  • >> THE CARAVAN TOP BECAUSE THE FIRE IS ALONG THE BEACH NOW.

  • BECAUSE THE FIRE IS ALONG THE BEACH NOW. >> Reporter:

  • ALONG THE BEACH NOW. >> Reporter: OVERWHELMED

  • >> Reporter: OVERWHELMED FIREFIGHTERS, MOST OF

  • OVERWHELMED FIREFIGHTERS, MOST OF THEM VOLUNTEER, NOW

  • FIREFIGHTERS, MOST OF THEM VOLUNTEER, NOW BATTLING SOME 120

  • THEM VOLUNTEER, NOW BATTLING SOME 120 SEPARATE FIRES AS

  • BATTLING SOME 120 SEPARATE FIRES AS AUSTRALIA CALLED ON

  • SEPARATE FIRES AS AUSTRALIA CALLED ON ITS MILITARY TO HELP,

  • AUSTRALIA CALLED ON ITS MILITARY TO HELP, EVERY LIVING CREATURE

  • ITS MILITARY TO HELP, EVERY LIVING CREATURE SCRAMBLING FOR SAFETY.

  • EVERY LIVING CREATURE SCRAMBLING FOR SAFETY. SMOKE FROM THE BUSH

  • SCRAMBLING FOR SAFETY. SMOKE FROM THE BUSH FIRES CLOSING IN AS A

  • SMOKE FROM THE BUSH FIRES CLOSING IN AS A HERD OF KANGAROOS

  • FIRES CLOSING IN AS A HERD OF KANGAROOS DESPERATELY HOP AWAY

  • HERD OF KANGAROOS DESPERATELY HOP AWAY FROM THE FLAMES, AND

  • DESPERATELY HOP AWAY FROM THE FLAMES, AND AS TEMPERATURES

  • FROM THE FLAMES, AND AS TEMPERATURES SOARED, KOALAS FACE

  • AS TEMPERATURES SOARED, KOALAS FACE DEHYDRATION.

  • SOARED, KOALAS FACE DEHYDRATION. THIS FIREFIGHTER LENLT

  • DEHYDRATION. THIS FIREFIGHTER LENLT A HELPING HAND AND

  • THIS FIREFIGHTER LENLT A HELPING HAND AND THIS CYCLIST GAVE

  • A HELPING HAND AND THIS CYCLIST GAVE WATER TO A KOALA WHO

  • THIS CYCLIST GAVE WATER TO A KOALA WHO COULDN'T DRINK ENOUGH.

  • WATER TO A KOALA WHO COULDN'T DRINK ENOUGH. >> ANYONE GOT ANYMORE?

  • COULDN'T DRINK ENOUGH. >> ANYONE GOT ANYMORE? HE IS THIRSTY.

  • >> ANYONE GOT ANYMORE? HE IS THIRSTY. >> Reporter: AS MANY

  • HE IS THIRSTY. >> Reporter: AS MANY AS 800 KOALAS MAY HAVE

  • >> Reporter: AS MANY AS 800 KOALAS MAY HAVE ALREADY DIED IN NEW

  • AS 800 KOALAS MAY HAVE ALREADY DIED IN NEW SOUTH WALES ALONE.

  • ALREADY DIED IN NEW SOUTH WALES ALONE. A NATIONAL CRISIS AT

  • SOUTH WALES ALONE. A NATIONAL CRISIS AT NEW YEARS.

  • A NATIONAL CRISIS AT NEW YEARS. FIREWORKS A MIX OF

  • NEW YEARS. FIREWORKS A MIX OF FIRESTORM.

  • FIREWORKS A MIX OF FIRESTORM. AUSTRALIA IS UNIQUELY

  • FIRESTORM. AUSTRALIA IS UNIQUELY VULNERABLE TO CLIMATE

  • AUSTRALIA IS UNIQUELY VULNERABLE TO CLIMATE CHANGE.

  • VULNERABLE TO CLIMATE CHANGE. THIS PAST YEAR IT

  • CHANGE. THIS PAST YEAR IT RECORDED ITS DRIEST

  • THIS PAST YEAR IT RECORDED ITS DRIEST SPRING.

  • RECORDED ITS DRIEST SPRING. AND JUST A FEW WEEKS

THREATENING BOTH AUSTRALIA'S PEOPLE AND ITS ICONIC ANIMALS.

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