Toll rises in Australian wildfires with worsening weather forecast

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>The death toll in wildfires raging across Australia’s most populous state has risen to four as authorities warned of worsening weather conditions to come&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads1--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A body was found late on Wednesday in a scorched forest near the town of Kempsey in north-east New South Wales&comma; police said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He is suspected to be a 58-year-old man who lived in a nearby shed and had not been seen since Friday when ferocious wildfires across the state killed three other people and destroyed at least 150 homes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>About 60 fires were burning around New South Wales on Thursday morning&comma; with 27 uncontained&period; More than 1&comma;000 firefighters are fighting the flames&comma; the Rural Fire Service said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">Tomorrow&comma; Friday November 15&comma; eight areas have Total Fire Bans in place&period; Many parts of the east coast have Severe Fire Danger Ratings&period; Check your area now&period; For more information check the NSW RFS website&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;nswrfs&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;nswrfs<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;nswfires&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;nswfires<&sol;a><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;oTrzcu7HDR">https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;oTrzcu7HDR<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;PZqFdYHZyk">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;PZqFdYHZyk<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; 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Australia’s largest city&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads2--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A week-long state of emergency was declared for New South Wales because of the extraordinary fire danger&period; The emergency declaration gives the Rural Fire Service sweeping powers to control resources and direct other government agencies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The annual Australian fire season&comma; which peaks during the Southern Hemisphere summer&comma; has started early after an unusually warm and dry winter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads3--><&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e2a9c4e84c7">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; 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