BBCNEWS BBC News January 2, 2020
Hello and welcome to bbc news. Thousands of holidaymakers have been fleeing coastal areas of New South Wales, after being warned it is not safe for them to stay in bushfire hit parts of eastern australia. There are traffic jams on major roads, although the evacuation is hampered by a lack of fuel. The authorities are urging tourists and residents to leave while they can. Saturday is forecast to be another punishing day in southeastern australia, with more hot, dry and windy weather. A tourist leave zone has been declared for a 180km stretch of the New South Wales coast, from batemans bay to wo...