One of the main areas of concern is the town of Lake Moondarra, an arid and remote area more than 1,800 kilometers northwest of the city of Brisbane, where the flames are growing out of control.

Another area of major concern is Tara, about 300 kilometers west of Brisbane, where a fast-moving fire is expected to impact a street in this rural town “very soon,” according to another immediate evacuation alert issued by the Fire Service.

Two people, a man and a woman, died as a result of the fires in Tara, and some 30 houses were destroyed.

Also, in Queensland, firefighters battled more than 400 fires this week.

In the state of New South Wales, the most populous in the country, 110 bushfires are burning, 58 of them out of control, although unlike Queensland, the alerts are moderate at the level of recommendations.

Australia will face this year drier weather than usual, due to El Niño, a natural phenomenon caused by currents in the Pacific Ocean that, aggravated by global warming, could cause devastating disasters.

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