Two out-of-control bushfires in Victoria have forced townships to evacuate and destroyed at least one home as parts of Australia’s east remain on alert for fires, wild winds and storms. Firefighters were on Sunday morning working to contain the fires in Victoria’s west, with flash flooding and heavy rainfall possible in the state’s north-east, south-east New South Wales and north-east Tasmania. Residents in the Australian Capital Territory, and potentially parts of Sydney, are to be battered over the next 48 hours. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email In Victoria “watch and act” fire warnings were in place for
