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 trafficjams 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 south eastern australia with more hot, dry and windy weather. A tourist leave zone has been declared for a 180 kilometre stretch of the New South Wales coast from batemans bay to wonboyn. Almost 1,300 homes have been destroyed in the state since the fire crisis began. In the last hour the Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been paying tribute to the Fire Fighters and Emergecny Services whove coordinated recovery efforts. He also called on people to follow the advice when evactuating. I would continue to ask people to be patient, i know you have kids in the carand is pat
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 wonboyn. Almost 1,300 homes have been destroyed in the state since the fire crisis began. The Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been paying tribute to the Fire Fighters and Emergecny Services to the Fire Fighters and Emergency Services whove coordinated recovery efforts. He also called on people to follow the advice when evacuating. I would continue to ask people to be patient, i know you can have k