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DEVASTATING AUSTRALIA, AMERICAN CREWS FIGHTING THE FLAMES.

AMERICAN CREWS FIGHTING THE FLAMES. JANIS MACKEY FRAYER IS

FIGHTING THE FLAMES. JANIS MACKEY FRAYER IS THERE AND SPOKE TO

JANIS MACKEY FRAYER IS THERE AND SPOKE TO THOSE ON THE FRONT

THERE AND SPOKE TO THOSE ON THE FRONT LINES.

THOSE ON THE FRONT LINES. >> Reporter: TONIGHT

LINES. >> Reporter: TONIGHT COOL WEATHER AND RAIN

>> Reporter: TONIGHT COOL WEATHER AND RAIN BRINGING SOME RELIEF

COOL WEATHER AND RAIN BRINGING SOME RELIEF BUT NOT NEARLY ENOUGH

BRINGING SOME RELIEF BUT NOT NEARLY ENOUGH TO STOP THIS.

BUT NOT NEARLY ENOUGH TO STOP THIS. THE SKY SO THICK WITH

TO STOP THIS. THE SKY SO THICK WITH SMOKE THIS IS WHAT

THE SKY SO THICK WITH SMOKE THIS IS WHAT PILOTS SAW THIS

SMOKE THIS IS WHAT PILOTS SAW THIS WEEKEND WHEN THEY

PILOTS SAW THIS WEEKEND WHEN THEY TRIED TO EVACUATE

WEEKEND WHEN THEY TRIED TO EVACUATE PEOPLE FROM AREAS CUT

TRIED TO EVACUATE PEOPLE FROM AREAS CUT OFF BY FLAMES.

PEOPLE FROM AREAS CUT OFF BY FLAMES. WITH DOZENS OF FIRES

OFF BY FLAMES. WITH DOZENS OF FIRES STILL BURNING OUT OF

WITH DOZENS OF FIRES STILL BURNING OUT OF CONTROL, MORE HELP IS

STILL BURNING OUT OF CONTROL, MORE HELP IS ON THE WAY INCLUDING

CONTROL, MORE HELP IS ON THE WAY INCLUDING DOZENS OF AMERICAN

ON THE WAY INCLUDING DOZENS OF AMERICAN FIREFIGHTERS.

DOZENS OF AMERICAN FIREFIGHTERS. THE FIRST GROUP OF

FIREFIGHTERS. THE FIRST GROUP OF THEM ARRIVING TODAY.

THE FIRST GROUP OF THEM ARRIVING TODAY. TO JOIN AUSTRALIA

THEM ARRIVING TODAY. TO JOIN AUSTRALIA CREWS MOSTLY

TO JOIN AUSTRALIA CREWS MOSTLY VOLUNTEERS AT FRONT

CREWS MOSTLY VOLUNTEERS AT FRONT LINES AND IN CONTROL

VOLUNTEERS AT FRONT LINES AND IN CONTROL CENTERS.

LINES AND IN CONTROL CENTERS. TIM AND ROBIN AMONG

CENTERS. TIM AND ROBIN AMONG THE EXPERIENCED

TIM AND ROBIN AMONG THE EXPERIENCED AMERICANS WHO CAME

THE EXPERIENCED AMERICANS WHO CAME LAST MONTH.

AMERICANS WHO CAME LAST MONTH. THE SCALE OF THE

LAST MONTH. THE SCALE OF THE DEVASTATION HERE

THE SCALE OF THE DEVASTATION HERE STAGGERING.

DEVASTATION HERE STAGGERING. AT LEAST 25 PEOPLE

STAGGERING. AT LEAST 25 PEOPLE DEAD, AN ESTIMATED

AT LEAST 25 PEOPLE DEAD, AN ESTIMATED HALF A BILLION ANIMALS

DEAD, AN ESTIMATED HALF A BILLION ANIMALS AFFECTED.

HALF A BILLION ANIMALS AFFECTED. >> THE MAGNITUDE OF IT

AFFECTED. >> THE MAGNITUDE OF IT AND THE SCALE OF SO

>> THE MAGNITUDE OF IT AND THE SCALE OF SO MANY LARGE

AND THE SCALE OF SO MANY LARGE SIMULTANEOUS FIRES

MANY LARGE SIMULTANEOUS FIRES DESTROYING PROPERTY AT

SIMULTANEOUS FIRES DESTROYING PROPERTY AT ONE TIME IS EXTREMELY

DESTROYING PROPERTY AT ONE TIME IS EXTREMELY UNIQUE AND I'VE NEVER

ONE TIME IS EXTREMELY UNIQUE AND I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE

UNIQUE AND I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN 30 YEARS OF

SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN 30 YEARS OF FIGHTING FIRES.

THIS IN 30 YEARS OF FIGHTING FIRES. >> Reporter: FLAMES SO

FIGHTING FIRES. >> Reporter: FLAMES SO POWERFUL THEY CAN FORM

>> Reporter: FLAMES SO POWERFUL THEY CAN FORM THEIR OWN WEATHER.

POWERFUL THEY CAN FORM THEIR OWN WEATHER. ON THE WEEKEND, ONE

THEIR OWN WEATHER. ON THE WEEKEND, ONE MASSIVE FIRE JUMPED A

ON THE WEEKEND, ONE MASSIVE FIRE JUMPED A RIVER IGNITING NEW

MASSIVE FIRE JUMPED A RIVER IGNITING NEW FIRES THAT EXPANDED

RIVER IGNITING NEW FIRES THAT EXPANDED THE DANGER ZONE.

FIRES THAT EXPANDED THE DANGER ZONE. >> IT'S A CHANGING

THE DANGER ZONE. >> IT'S A CHANGING FIRE ENVIRONMENT.

>> IT'S A CHANGING FIRE ENVIRONMENT. I THINK THAT'S

FIRE ENVIRONMENT. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE

I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY SHARE WITH THE

SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY SHARE WITH THE AUSTRALIAS.

REALLY SHARE WITH THE AUSTRALIAS. WE'VE EXPERIENCED THAT

AUSTRALIAS. WE'VE EXPERIENCED THAT IN THE LAST 15 TO 20

WE'VE EXPERIENCED THAT IN THE LAST 15 TO 20 YEARS IF THE WESTERN

IN THE LAST 15 TO 20 YEARS IF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES.

YEARS IF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES. >> Reporter: YEARS

UNITED STATES. >> Reporter: YEARS AFTER DROUGHT THAT

>> Reporter: YEARS AFTER DROUGHT THAT EXPERTS LINK TO

AFTER DROUGHT THAT EXPERTS LINK TO CLIMATE CHANGE HAS

EXPERTS LINK TO CLIMATE CHANGE HAS LEFT MUCH OF THE

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