Raging bushfires have razed properties in Australia and briefly spread to suburbs of Sydney, officials say.
澳大利亞當局表示，勢無可擋的森林大火已經將一些房屋夷為平地，並迅速蔓延到雪梨郊區。
Scores of fires are still burning in New South Wales amid temperatures of 35C and winds of80km/h.
新南威爾斯州仍有數十處大火在燃燒，氣溫達到35攝氏度，風速達到每小時80公裡。
A feared southerly wind change has now occurred but the "catastrophic" day feared haslargely been avoided.
風向確如人們擔心的那樣轉為了南風，不過大家所懼怕的「災難性」一天基本上得以避免。
No deaths were reported on Tuesday but fire chiefs warned that conditions meant the dangersfacing the state were far from over.
本周二(11月12日)沒有人員死亡報告，但消防官員警告稱，目前的情況意味著該州面臨的危險遠未結束。
About six million people live in New South Wales (NSW) state.
大約有600萬人居住在新南威爾斯州。
The number of fires still afflicting NSW ranged from 100 to 300 in Australian media reports.
據澳大利亞媒體報導，新南威爾斯州目前仍有100至300起火災。
Crews have been battling a front spanning 1,000km along the north coast of NSW, with severalblazes "exceeding 100,000 hectares alone", officials have said.
消防人員一直在新南威爾斯州北部綿延1000公裡的前線作戰，有關官員表示，幾場大火「單是著火面積就超過10萬公頃」。
Flame retardant had to be dropped in Sydney's northern suburbs as some bushfiresapproached within 15km of the city centre.
一些森林大火蔓延至距市中心15公裡以內地區，消防人員不得不在雪梨北部郊區投放阻燃劑。
Flames came within metres of engulfing the homes of Blake Haymen and Sean Murphy in theaffluent suburb.
大火距離布萊克·海門和肖恩·墨菲家所在的郊區富人區只有幾米遠。
The residents were forced to use pool water to tackle a blaze that had spread from densebushland across the road from their homes.
大火從居民家門前馬路對面的茂密叢林蔓延開來，居民們被迫用遊泳池的水滅火。
"We actually ran out of water pressure, so we had to go to the pool. Sean put out a spot-firewith one of these buckets," Mr Haymen told the Sydney Morning Herald.
海門告訴《雪梨先驅晨報》說：「實際情況是，我們的水壓不夠了，所以不得不用遊泳池的水。肖恩用其中一個水桶接水撲滅了一處著火點。」
Authorities said one firefighter had suffered a broken arm and suspected fractured ribs.
當地政府表示，一名消防員手臂骨折，肋骨可能也出現骨折。
Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said: "We've really got a long way to go. You can guarantee we're not going to be able to get around all of these fires before the nextwave of bad weather.
農業消防局局長謝恩·菲茨西蒙斯說：「我們還有很長的路要走。在下一輪惡劣天氣來臨之前，我們肯定無法撲滅所有這些火災。」
"Unfortunately there's no meaningful reprieve. There's no rainfall in this change and we'regoing to continue to have warm dry conditions dominating in the days and weeks ahead."
「不幸的是，情況沒有任何緩解的跡象。沒有降雨，在未來幾天至幾周內，天氣仍將炎熱乾燥。」
Commissioner Fitzsimmons said up to a dozen homes were believed to have been damaged ordestroyed on Tuesday.
菲茨西蒙斯說，本周二(11月12日)有多達12座房屋被損壞或摧毀。
People in vulnerable NSW communities have been urged to stay away from bushland. Morethan 600 schools are closed across the state.
新南威爾斯州受影響社區的人們被敦促遠離叢林地帶。全州有600多所學校停課。
Australia's conservative government has refused to be drawn on whether climate changecould have contributed to the fires, in a response that has drawn criticism.
澳大利亞保守派政府拒絕透露氣候變化是否可能導致了火災，這一回應招致了批評。
Three people have died and more than 170 properties have been destroyed since the fireemergency intensified in NSW on Friday.
自上周五(11月8日)新南威爾斯州的火災緊急情況加劇以來，已有3人死亡，170多座房屋被毀。
Authorities had said they were facing what could be "the most dangerous bushfire week thisnation has ever seen".
當地政府表示，他們面臨的可能是「本國有史以來最危險的森林大火周」。
Mr Fitzsimmons said 3,000 firefighters were on the front lines, boosted by crews from otherstates and New Zealand, as well as the Australian Defence Force.
菲茨西蒙斯表示，前線有3000名消防員，還有來自其他州、紐西蘭以及澳大利亞國防軍的支援。
Experts have compared the situation to the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria, when 173 people died.
專家們稱這一情況堪比2009年維多利亞州「黑色星期六」的森林大火，那次火災造成173人死亡。
Police are investigating reports that a fire in North Rothbury, in the Hunter Region of NSW, andat least two others, may have been started deliberately.
有報告稱，新南威爾斯州獵人區北羅斯伯裡的一場火災以及至少另外兩場火災可能是蓄意縱火，警方正在對此進行調查。
Fire authorities say a million hectares of land have burned in NSW since the fire season beganin September.
消防部門表示，自9月份火災季節開始以來，新南威爾斯州已有100萬公頃土地遭遇火情。
To the north, Queensland has also declared a state of emergency as 55 bushfires rage in thestate.
北部的昆士蘭州也宣布進入緊急狀態，該州有55起森林大火。
Though it was not facing such severe weather on Tuesday, officials warned conditions coulddeteriorate later in the week.
儘管本周二(11月12日)昆州沒有遭遇如此惡劣的天氣，但官員們警告稱，本周晚些時候情況可能會惡化。
Fire crews in South Australia were tacking about a dozen blazes, while bushfires in WesternAustralia also sparked emergency warnings.
南澳大利亞州的消防人員正在撲滅十幾起大火，而西澳大利亞州的森林大火也引發了緊急警報。
Scientists and experts warn that Australia's fire season has grown longer and more intense dueto climate change.
科學家和專家警告說，由於氣候變化，澳大利亞的火災季節變得更長、更嚴重。
Officials have confirmed that 2018 and 2017 were Australia's third and fourth-hottest years onrecord respectively, and last year the nation experienced its warmest summer on record.
官員們已經證實，2018年和2017年分別是澳大利亞有記錄以來第三和第四最熱的年份，去年澳大利亞經歷了有記錄以來最熱的夏天。
The Bureau of Meteorology's State of the Climate 2018 report said climate change had led to anincrease in extreme heat events and raised the severity of other natural disasters, such asdrought.
氣象局發布的《2018年氣候狀況報告》稱，氣候變化導致極端高溫事件增加，乾旱等其他自然災害的嚴重程度也隨之提高。
Even if global temperatures are contained to a 2C rise above pre-industrial levels - a limit setout in the landmark Paris accord, agreed by 188 nations in 2015 - scientists believe thecountry is facing a dangerous new normal.
2015年，188個國家籤署了具有裡程碑意義的《巴黎協定》，規定與前工業化時期相比，全球氣溫升幅不得超過2攝氏度。即便如此，科學家們仍認為，澳大利亞正面臨危險的新常態。
Last year, a UN report said Australia was falling short in efforts to cut its CO2 emissions.
去年，一份聯合國報告稱，澳大利亞在減少二氧化碳排放方面做得不夠。
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