来自太空的图像，显示了澳大利亚丛林大火的严重程度

来自太空的图像，显示了澳大利亚丛林大火的严重程度

The raging bushfires that have destroyed millions of acres of Australian land, killed “thousands of koalas” and perhaps as many as 500 million animals are so devastating they can be seen from space.

肆虐的丛林大火烧毁了数百万英亩的澳大利亚土地，杀死了“成千上万只考拉”，也许还有多达5亿只动物，它们的破坏性如此之大，从太空中都能看到。

The Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology Branch (RAMMB) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration posted this image to its website showing the widespread fires.

美国国家海洋和大气管理局的区域和中尺度气象部门(RAMMB)在其网站上发布了这张显示大范围火灾的图片。

One of the largest evacuations in Australia’s history was underway Friday ahead of hot weather and strong winds that are forecast to worsen devastating wildfires raging across the country.

澳大利亚历史上规模最大的一次疏散行动于周五开始，预计炎热的天气和强风将加剧肆虐全国的毁灭性野火。

More than 200 fires were burning and warnings of extreme danger to come Saturday prompted mass evacuations. Traffic was gridlocked as people fled and firefighters escorted convoys of evacuees as fires threatened to close roads. Navy ships were called in to pluck hundreds of people stranded on beaches.

超过200处火灾正在燃烧，周六的极端危险警告促使大量人员撤离。当人们逃离时，交通陷入了僵局，火灾威胁导致道路关闭，消防员护送撤离人员的车队，海军舰艇也被调来营救被困在海滩上的数百人。

Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews declared a disaster across much of the eastern part of the state, allowing the government to order evacuations in an area with as many as 140,000 permanent residents and tens of thousands more vacationers.

维多利亚州州长丹尼尔·安德鲁斯(Daniel Andrews)宣布该州东部大部分地区受灾，允许政府下令疏散该地区多达14万的永久居民和数万的度假者。