Bushfires pushing thick, hazardous smoke across New South Wales | ABC News

Waking up to a city full of smoke. It's the new norm in Sydney.

The spate of bushfires burning across New South Wales has given people in the Harbour City a taste of what it's like to live in a smog-choked megacity.

NSW Department of Environment data shows Sydney's air quality this bushfire season is already three times worse than at any moment in the past five years.

It's caused a spike in the number of people needing medical help.

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