NSW and Qld fires: emergency warning for bushfire threatening Port Lincoln in South Australia - live

More than 350 NSW schools to close as conditions forecast to worsen on Tuesday, while dozens of bushfires continue to burn across Australia's east coast 9.00am GMT ABC Weather has published an explanation of why Tuesday is looking so bad: it's a cold front."Tomorrow with the winds you'll be seeing a more south-easterly direction," Grace Legge, senior forecaster at the Bureau of Meteorology, told the ABC.Why a cold front signals disaster for fire danger https://t.co/NOr4mZ54B3 via @ABCNews pic.twitter.com/3ZrwsfqZeg 8.34am GMT This is where we'll leave our rolling coverage today. Guardian Australia will be covering all the developments tomorrow. Here's what's happened so far: Continue reading...