Incredible pictures have emerged of one family's attempts to escape the wildfires ravaging Australia.

Emergency services say the conditions surrounding more than 130 bushfires in one Australian state have reached "catastrophic" levels.

A search for bodies has begun among the charred ruins of more than 100 homes and other buildings destroyed by wildfires in Australia’s island state of Tasmania.

Australian crews battled a series of wildfires amid scorching temperatures across the country, with one blaze destroying dozens of homes in the island state of Tasmania.