Sydney Air Quality Is Worse Than Shanghai as Wildfires Rage

  • ‘Hazardous’ pollution becoming commonplace due to bushfires
  • Polluted conditions are likely to continue throughout the week
Sydney Declares Public Health Emergency
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Sydney is world famous for its shimmering harbor and clear blue skies. Not this summer.

As bushfires ravage the country’s east coast, pollution is becoming a regular occurrence in Australia’s biggest city -- triggering health warnings and intensifying the debate about climate change in the world’s driest-inhabited continent.