The Australian navy has begun evacuating around 1,000 people stranded on the east coast.<br />Searing weather fronts are whipping up more blazes across Victoria and New South Wales.<br />At the peak of the summer holiday period, tens of thousands of holidaymakers are facing the fire.<br />Most have been urged to leave before the temperatures return to above 104 F with hot winds.<br />Reuters reports two people have died in Victoria’s fires, and 28 others are unaccounted for.
