SBS GERMAN

"And now we need to fight for the house of my son"

Sind die Buschfeuer eine Folge des Klimawandels?

How must it be to defend your home against a raging firestorm? Or even a seemingly mild fire, with vicious ember attacks? To find out, SBS German spoke to German resident Walter Duber in Possum Brush near Taree, 340 kilometres north of Sydney.

Updated 13/11/2019

By Adrian Plitzco

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Gisela und Walter Duber haben fast ihr Haus verloren

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