The leader of New South Wales, Gladys Berejiklian, says "catastrophic" fire conditions have almost completely razed one Australian community to the ground. She said there was "not much left" of the town of Balmoral, south-west of Sydney, where about 400 people live.

H/T: BBC News

'The monster': a short history of Australia's biggest forest fire https://t.co/0yZ0ykefT4 via @smh — Not a Canberra Bubbler 🌲🌏🌲 (@MSMWatchdog2013) December 22, 2019

The ring of fire around Sydney is as angry and as frightening as we've seen. 20,000 people are tonight in the path of the mega fire rolling down the Blue Mountains into the town of Lithgow. #9News | https://t.co/ZiY2jT1X46 pic.twitter.com/zBuzyrUX3u — Nine News Sydney (@9NewsSyd) December 21, 2019

▶️A video taken by a firefighter in Australia, Saturday, December 21, shows fire threatening homes in the Blackheath valley, as bushfires ravage parts of the country.



👉Australia Faces Catastrophic Fire Conditions

https://t.co/iFipbQKgU2 pic.twitter.com/aM4jNgNtlg — The Voice of America (@VOANews) December 22, 2019

your daily reminder that australia is *still* on fire. 700+ homes and 8 lives have been lost. pic.twitter.com/AAFcYYQ5my — dani (@sunflowerhucci) December 20, 2019

WATCH: High temperatures, strong winds, and low humidity continue to fuel bushfires in Australia.



800 homes in New South Wales have been destroyed since the fire season started early this year pic.twitter.com/PNY5t9BsfW #ENDEGO — Barbara Santana (@Barbara96913515) December 21, 2019

#Australia fires: NSW devastation laid bare as 72 homes destroyed in SA bushfires.

https://t.co/YnLECAx2XV pic.twitter.com/HWSY3A9R4g — Atlantide (@Atlantide4world) December 22, 2019

Australia: NSW Parks and Wildlife officer gives a baby Koala a much-needed drink - found on the Bills Crossing fire ground | Dec 2019 via @NSWRFS pic.twitter.com/3fctj9vwts — redball (@redball2) December 20, 2019

-australia has been burning for over a month now

-the fires are significantly worse then the ones that were in the amazon

-over 3,000,000 hectares of land has been affected

-our air quality is 12 times above the hazardous level because of the smoke (1/3) #AustraliaFires pic.twitter.com/ezSlYyWXba — 𝚔𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚎 (@goingslighlymad) December 22, 2019

Australia fires: NSW devastation laid bare as 72 homes destroyed in SA bushfires https://t.co/mUbgeqF8FQ — Jenny Twist (@JennyTwist1) December 22, 2019

Australia is on fire. Airports and roads closed.

This is not normal. pic.twitter.com/o6SiTBRxif — Dr. Robert Fortuna (@psychdr100) December 22, 2019