Australia's bushfires turn neighbouring New Zealand's skies bright orange


  • World
  • Sunday, 05 Jan 2020

A view of orange skies in Auckland, New Zealand, from smoke plumes caused by bushfires in Australia January 5, 2020, in this picture obtained from social media. Mandatory credit TWITTER @ZIMENAJ/via REUTERS

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Smoke from raging bushfires in Australia blanketed parts of neighbouring New Zealand on Sunday, turning the sky over Auckland a bright orange.

The city is more than 2,000 kilometres (1,200 miles) from southeastern Australia, parts of which have been devastated by bushfires that have raged for months.

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