Australia wildfires destroy dozens of homes and kill livestock
Emergency workers are fighting to restore power to areas affected in the south-east of the country.
Wildfires have razed dozens of homes in southeast Australia, cut power to thousands more and killed livestock.
Most of the weekend blazes had been contained by Monday and there have been no reports of serious injury, officials said.
The worst-hit town was Tathra on the south coast of New South Wales state where more than 70 homes and businesses had been severely damaged or destroyed by a fire that started in woods around midday on Sunday, Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said.
Sheep and cattle losses had yet to be assessed.
Some of Tathra’s evacuated residents would be able to return to their homes on Monday, as emergency workers restore power to the devastated area, Mr Fitzsimmons said.
