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Just days after bushfires threatened an Australian World Heritage site, thousands were bracing for floods on the subtropical east coast on Sunday, with beaches closed and the authorities urging people to sandbag their homes.
In 2003, Bradman's last baggy green cap from his final tour of England in 1948 was sold for A$425,000 while his blazer from his first series as Test captain was sold for A$132,000 in 2015.
The country's worst summer of bushfires in a generation razed more than 11.2 million hectares (27.7 million acres), nearly half the area of the United Kingdom.
Gusty winds in California's north and extreme heat in its south are creating conditions that could fan wildfires that began earlier in the summer as well as spark new ones.
Heatwaves and droughts will pose the greatest threat in the next decade, as temperatures continue to rise due to heat-trapping gases, experts said.
California wildfires have scorched more than 3.7 million acres in the first nine months of 2020.
Yosemite National Park, one of the most visited in the American West, has been closed since September 17 due to smoke impacts and hazardous air quality.
As climate change makes the region more arid, wildfires have grown more frequent and ferocious.
Forecasts indicate no rains for the week, with high temperatures hitting some places in the region, increasing the risk of wildfires.
Oregon has borne the brunt of nearly 100 major wildfires raging across the western United States this week.