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On Friday I lost my beautiful home. I am thankful we are all alive and safe and for the few possessions we were able to salvage. Many others in the small community of Nymboida, near Grafton, where I have grown up, were not even that lucky. They have lost pretty much everything.

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has warned more lives could be lost in the "terrifying" bushfires that are raging in NSW and Queensland. But addressing reporters outside Kirribilli House in Sydney, the prime minister also issued a sombre warning."Sadly, we have lost two Australians and I fear that we will lose more before the day is out," Mr Morrison said.Two people have died and seven people are missing as fires in NSW destroyed at least 100 homes amid warnings of worse to come, while thousands of evacuated residents in Noosa, Queensland are waiting to hear whether their homes are safe to go back to.

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I feel numb. It all feels so unreal but the fire was unstoppable. I know the firefighters did everything they could to protect our house and other homes and to them I am extremely grateful.

The fires that joined up and devastated our community were not normal bushfires. For weeks and weeks fires had been burning and community efforts had been unable to get them under control.

© AAP Fires burnt for weeks in the regions around Grafton.

But the nightmare really began with the sky changing colour. The blue changed to an orange glow as the fire advanced over the hill. We watched from our veranda as it got progressively darker. It felt like an apocalypse and by 4.30pm it was dark as night. We evacuated from our home on Friday afternoon, following our carefully prepared bushfire action evacuation plan.

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Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack has attacked people for linking climate change to conditions which enabled fires in NSW and Queensland to take hold. Mr McCormack said it galled him when "inner-city lefties" raised climate change in relation to bushfires."What people need now is a little bit of sympathy, understanding and real assistance. They need help, they need shelter," he told ABC Radio. "They don't need the ravings of some pure, enlightened and woke capital city greenies at this time when they're trying to save their homes.

Minister Training. Wedding Laws. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently condemned “thoughts and prayers ” after the New Zealand tragedy. Sometimes, in your own mind, thoughts and prayers just aren ’ t enough when there’s a disaster.

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I haven’t returned home yet (I still call it home even though it’s gone). The fires are still burning and there is still a huge threat hanging over many places. I and many of my friends don’t want to return home yet; we’re not ready to see the results of the devastation. For many of us, this is where we have lived our entire lives; the only homes we have ever known, filled with memories, have been ravaged by a firestorm that has left only the ghosts of our past.

From what I know more than 45 houses have been lost in Nymboida, it could easily be more. I’ve heard from those who witnessed it that walls of flames 40 or more metres high ravaged the landscape. Catastrophic.

We are devastated, but we are a strong community, we’ll support each other and get through this together. So many people have been so supportive, kind and helpful; it is incredible, we are so thankful.

Australia is on fire. The federal government must take urgent action on climate change. Scientists and firefighters have been warning about the consequences of doing nothing for so long. Surely now, with multiple fires burning throughout NSW and Queensland, Scott Morrison must realise that doing nothing is not an option any longer.

I’m heartbroken at what’s happened but I’m also angry. I’m angry that the government is not adequately addressing the climate crisis. We thank you for your thoughts and prayers Prime Minister, but we need action.

I am thinking at this moment of everyone in other communities affected by these fires. Please, stay safe.

Shiann Broderick is an 18-year-old year 12 student.

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