CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia has begun preparing more than 1,000 fire refuges and will recast its national alert system to warn of "catastrophic" bushfires as a new fire season threatens to eclipse blazes this year which killed 173 people.
New South Wales Premier Nathan Rees has warned December-February could be "the highest risk summer that we have ever faced", with drought, climate change and dry forest undergrowth combining to create perfect fire conditions.
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