‘This is a very serious set of weather conditions’ Emergency Management Commissioner Tim Wiebusch says

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Out of control bushfires threatened towns in Victoria on Sunday as the worst heatwave since 2009 began sweeping through the state, while residents of Western Australia prepared to face Tropical Cyclone Luana as the extreme weather system moved inland.

“This is a very serious set of weather conditions,” said Emergency Management Commissioner Tim Wiebusch on Sunday.