Firefighters Warn Of Challenging Boxing Day Conditions In Country's South-East

Published Dec 25, 2024, 10:45 PM

Firefighters In Victoria and South Australia Brace For Challenging Conditions On Boxing Day

Search For Teenager Missing Since Christmas Eve Resumes At a NSW Beach 

Aussies Tipped To Spend Big On Boxing Day Sales 

Royal Family Mark Christmas Day Ahead of King Charles' Yearly Christmas Message To The World

 

 

Hello, Welcome to the update. I'm Maham Kashani. Residents in Victoria's Grampians have been told to leave immediately as five fighters in the state's west prepare for a very challenging boxing day. High temperatures and winds are set to strengthen the forty three thousand hectar bushfire raging in the area.

We haven't seen these fire conditions since the Black Summer period of twenty nineteen. Twenty twenty.

Country Fire Authority Chief Officer Jason Heffernan, all of Victoria remains under a total fire van in South Australia. Meanwhile, there's an extreme fire danger rating in parts of the state. Temperatures in Adelaida Forecaster hit tops of thirty one degrees today. That's after the city sweltered through one of its warmest Christmases in recent years, hitting a top of thirty six just before two pm. Goog from missing teenage boy swept off rocks at a beach on the New South Wales Central Coast on Christmas Eve is resuming today. The fifteen year old and two other teens were standing on a rock shelf at Northovoka Beach when they were hit by a wave and thrown into the ocean. Two of the boys managed to get out of the water, but the third wasn't able to Ozzie's a tip to splurge almost one point three billion dollars on Boxing Day sales. The bulk of the spending food, household goods and fashion. The retail industry says this year's spending will see a modest increase from last year. Overseas, now and thirty eight people have been killed in a plane crash in Kazakhstan. The Azerbaijan Airlines flight was flying from Baku to Russia when it veered from its planned route and crashed near the city of Aktau. It's understood twenty nine people survived the collision, and the Royals have kicked off their Christmas festivities in Sandringham overnight. They attended a special service hours before the King delivered at his annual Christmas message to the world, thanking the workers who've looked after him during his cancer treatment. Sport and entertainment are next in sport. Australian cricket captain Pat Cummon says he's looking forward to Sam Constance making his debut against India in the Boxing Day Test today at the MCG. The nineteen year old will open the batting with Usman Kauwaja replacing Nathan McSweeney.

I remember, as an eighteen year old, I was thinking I got a lot more leeway because I was young, almost publicly so I almost felt like you didn't have a great game.

It wasn't my fault. It was a selector's fault for picking me.

I was like, oh, they're the idiots. AD picked an eighteen year old.

So Scott Boland is the other change to the team, replacing injured fast bowler Josh Hazelwood. The seventy ninth edition off the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race begins this afternoon, and the Illawarra Hawks have consolidated top spot on the India Ladder with a three point win over the Sydney Kings. In entertainment, New Use Beyonce is warming up this morning ahead of her NFL Christmas Games halftime show. The Megastar teased her performance at America's biggest holiday game yesterday. The NFL Showdown can be streamed on Netflix today