A native Australian who has relocated to New York City, Jacqueline Williams had seen reports of bushfires in her home country late last year. The news initially did not surprise the 60 Minutes associate producer; blazes in Australia's eucalyptus forests are a regular summertime occurrence. But a phone call from her father made her realize—this time was different.
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Williams' father told her that reports indicated the fires were coming toward his home in Rosedale, a beachside community in New South Wales. He would stay there, he told her, and try to defend his house.
Within hours of that call, Williams was looking at images of the fires on social media when she saw cellphone video from Rosedale. Filmed from the water looking back at land, the camera panned left across a coastline orange with flames. The video stopped just before reaching where her dad's home stood.
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/australia-bushfires-impact-a-60-minutes-team-60-minutes-2020-02-16/
Australia's bushfires show drastic effects of climate change
Former Australian PM calls party colleagues' conduct over climate change "idiotic"
Williams' father told her that reports indicated the fires were coming toward his home in Rosedale, a beachside community in New South Wales. He would stay there, he told her, and try to defend his house.
Within hours of that call, Williams was looking at images of the fires on social media when she saw cellphone video from Rosedale. Filmed from the water looking back at land, the camera panned left across a coastline orange with flames. The video stopped just before reaching where her dad's home stood.
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/australia-bushfires-impact-a-60-minutes-team-60-minutes-2020-02-16/
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