SYDNEY: Australian firefighters are on high alert for the possibility that scorching temperatures and strong winds could whip up new bushfires on Thursday, coming after rain brought welcome respite to fire-ravaged areas.

Unprecedented bushfires fuelled by climate change have killed at least 29 people and devastated vast swathes of the country since September.

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