He ʻumikūmāwalu poʻe i nalowale i ko lākou ola i ke kau ahi o kēia manawa ma Australia. ʻEwalu o ka poʻe i make i make ma ka hikina hikina o ka ʻāina i ka Eve Makahiki Hou, ʻoiai he 17 mau kānaka i koe ʻole i ʻike ʻia-no ka mokuʻāina ʻo Victoria.

Ua haʻi ʻia kahi kūlana ulia pōpilikia ʻehiku lā e New South Wales ʻO ke Kuhina Nui ʻo Gladys Berejiklian, ʻoiai ua hana nā lawelawe ahi i kahi 200km-lōʻihi "kahi haʻalele mākaʻikaʻi".

I kēia manawa, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā moku manuā o Australia ma waho o ka ʻāina i ka wā e hoʻoikaika ai nā kaʻa ea i ka uahi ʻino e haʻalele i ka poʻe maʻi a me ka poʻe ʻelemakule, ʻoiai ke hoʻomaka nei nā hoʻolālā e haʻalele i nā tausani o nā kamaʻāina paʻa mai nā kaiāulu i pau i ke ahi ma Victoria.

"ʻAʻole mākou e lawe maʻalahi i kēia mau hoʻoholo akā makemake mākou e hōʻoia i ka mālama ʻana i kēlā me kēia mea e mākaukau ai no ka mea hiki ke lilo i lā weliweli i ka Pōʻaono," wahi a Berejiklian.

Ke manaʻo ʻia nei kekahi wela wela e paʻi i ka ʻāina i hoʻopilikia ʻia i ka hopena pule, me nā makani ʻino a me nā mahana i manaʻo ʻia e pā i ka 104 degere Fahrenheit ma nā ʻāpana. Ua hoʻoikaika kēia mau kūlana i ka pono wikiwiki e haʻalele i ka 3,000 mau mākaʻikaʻi a me 1,000 mau kamaʻāina i paʻa ma Mallacoota, Victoria.

ʻO ka moku HMAS Choules he 1,000-kanaka ka mea i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma kahi o 1.5 mau kilomita mai Mallacoota i ke kakahiaka Poaha a e holo aku no kahi awa Victorian i hōʻike ʻole ʻia ma ke kakahiaka Pōʻalima me kahi 800 evacuees ma luna o ka moku.

“Ke ʻimi nei mākou e kau i 1,000 ma ka moku. Inā emi ka helu ma mua o 1,000 a laila maopopo ka hele ʻana o nā mea a pau ma kēlā moku mua, "wahi a ka Luna Hoʻokele o HMAS Choules ʻo Scott Houlihan.

“Inā ʻoi aku ka nui o ka helu ma mua o 1,000, a laila e lilo ana ia i ka ukana lua. He 16-17 mau hola i ke awa moku kokoke loa, a laila pono mākou e hoʻi mai.

E kōkua pū ka moku hoʻomaʻamaʻa mokulele multi-role MV Sycamore i ka hana kōkua, i ka mea i kapa ʻia e ke Kuhina Kaʻa ʻo New South Wales ʻo Andrew Constance ʻo "ka hoʻokuʻu nui ʻana o nā poʻe ma waho o ka ʻāina."

I ka ʻae ʻana o ka wā, e hoʻokō ʻia nā haʻalele ʻana e ka lewa inā a i ka wā e hemo ai ka uahi ʻeleʻele; ʻO nā keiki, nā maʻi a me nā ʻelemakule e hāʻawi mua ʻia.

Ua ʻā ke ahi ahi o kēia kau ma luna o 5.5 miliona ʻeka (13.5 miliona ʻeka) a puni ka ʻāina, ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka nui o ka ʻāina o Denmark a i ʻole Netherlands, a ʻo ka wela e hiki mai ana e hoʻonui i kahi kūlana weliweli.

"ʻO ka ʻōlelo ka nui loa o ke ahi ma ia wahi, ʻaʻohe o mākou hiki ke hoʻopaʻa i kēia mau ahi," i ʻōlelo ʻia ai ka hope komisina ʻo New South Wales Rural Fire Service Rob Rogers.

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The multi-role aviation training vessel MV Sycamore will also assist in the relief operation, in what New South Wales' Transport Minister Andrew Constance called the “largest evacuation of people out of the region ever.
I kēia manawa, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā moku manuā o Australia ma waho o ka ʻāina i ka wā e hoʻoikaika ai nā kaʻa ea i ka uahi ʻino e haʻalele i ka poʻe maʻi a me ka poʻe ʻelemakule, ʻoiai ke hoʻomaka nei nā hoʻolālā e haʻalele i nā tausani o nā kamaʻāina paʻa mai nā kaiāulu i pau i ke ahi ma Victoria.
Another heatwave is expected to hit the beleaguered country at the weekend, with gusting winds and temperatures expected to hit 104 degrees Fahrenheit in parts.