Australia Fires 2020 Acres

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Australia fires 2020 acres. Climate change has contributed to the devastation. Nearly 20 million acres. Just in NSW there have been more than 1300 houses destroyed and 89 million acres scorched.

One-third of the vineyards in South Australias Adelaide Hills have been lost. States of Vermont and New Hampshire combined. 3 graphics reveal the unimaginable scale of Australias fires.

BY YASMIN ANDREWS 22. Australias landmassis nearly the size of the contiguous United States and fires this year have consumedsome 25 million acres. As of Jan.

Photos courtesy of Yasmin Andrews 22. Fri 24 Jan 2020 0050 EST First published on Fri 6 Dec 2019 22. At least 33 people have been killed - including four firefighters - and more than 11 million hectares 110000 sq km or 272 million acres of bush forest and parks across Australia has burned.

Fires have scorched millions of acres of land across Australia since October destroying nearly 2000 homes and killing at least 27 people including three volunteer firefighters. From the beginning of September 2019 to February 23 2020 the Australian bushfires emitted 434 million tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. 8 2020 1032 AM.

The season started in early November 2019 in New South Wales and gradually progressed in Victoria. Other parts of Australia have also experienced wildfires bringing the total count of burned acres to 26 million acres in 2019 but those Savannah fires. Rain and cooler temperatures are bringing some relief this morning for communities devastated by the out-of-control bush fires raging across Australia.