In November last year, New Zealand's sky, about 1,600 kilometers away, turned orange in the aftermath of the endless Australian wildfires.

Heavy smoke from wildfires in southeastern Australia obscured New Zealand's skies on Sunday, according to the British Daily The Times.

After seeing the sky turning dark orange, the alarmed residents often reported to the police, and local police openly asked them to refrain from reporting the incident.

Satellite images from the New Zealand Meteorological Agency show that brown smoke is moving from Australia towards northern New Zealand.

According to the weather forecast, there will be no smoke until at least six days. In Australia, two days of light rain and cool winds have stabilized some of the wildfires, but officials have warned that the weather may worsen again this weekend.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the government will spend another $ 2 billion to recover from the disaster.

He added that forest fires will continue in the coming months and will pay more as needed.

In Australia, two months of massive wildfires killed at least 24 people and burned down 2,000 homes.

In the last 12 weeks, forest fires have reached about 60,000 km2, about 100 times the size of Seoul, and nearly two-thirds of Australia's annual CO2 emissions.

In New South Wales, one of the areas with the highest levels of wildfire damage, 60 more homes were burned over the weekend, The Times said.

Currently, about 135 wildfires are still burning in New South Wales alone.

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