[wellard]

Thanks for asking, I was quite put out that it was not raised as a topic before now considering it is Australia's biggest disaster.

ABC
There has been a significant increase in the number of homes destroyed in Victoria's bushfires, rising to 1,830 after more ground and aerial resources were used to check the damage.

Victoria's Department of Human Services says 7,000 people are homeless, many of whom are living in tents at relief centres.

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At least 181 people were killed but they are still searching vast areas of land and they expect the toll to increase significantly and bushfires are still raging out of control in some areas. The massive floods in North eastern Australia have started to subside with a few deaths reported there too.