Warrant Officer Class Two Darrel Rowe, from the 5th Aviation Squadron, searches the ground from an Australian Army CH-47F Chinook during the flight to Omeo, Victoria, Australia, to evacuate local civilian residents during Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20, January 4, 2020. Picture taken January 4, 2020. Corporal Nicole Dorrett/Australian Department of Defence/Handout via REUTERS
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian firefighters used a break from searing temperatures on Tuesday to strengthen containment lines around huge wildfires as the financial and environmental costs of the crisis mounted.
More than 10.3 million hectares (25.5 million acres) of land an area the size of South Korea - have been razed by bushfires across the country in recent weeks, according to the latest data, with the southeast particularly hard hit.
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