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Australia Wildfires Have Claimed 25 Lives And Will Burn For Months, Officials Say

The bushfires have burned millions of acres and exacted a staggering environmental toll. Australia's government is setting up a $1.4 billion fund to help those affected by the fires.
Smoke rises from a tree next to a fire-ravaged house in Australia's New South Wales on Monday. Reserve troops were deployed to parts of three Australian states after fires worsened over the weekend.

Australia's government is offering new help to people who have lost their homes and others affected by bushfires that have burned millions of acres of land. At least 25 people have died in the fires, which have brought historic levels of destruction.

While conditions improved slightly over the weekend, forecasters warn that dangerously hot and windy conditions will likely return later this week.

At least 19 deaths have been reported in New South Wales, with several other fatalities in both

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