Australia Fires Update 2020
Updated 6 Jan 2020.
Australia fires update 2020. An animal rescuer carries a kangaroo burned in a bushfire. Following the devastating 201920 bushfires in Australia authorities were urged to prepare early for the 202021 season. So much was lost and the impacts will be felt for years to come.
Even before the challenges of COVID-19 Australia was hit hard by bushfires during summer 2019-20 - the most catastrophic bushfire season ever experienced in the countrys history. Compare the burn area of Australias fires to the 2019 Amazon blazes and the California wildfires. Australia Wildfire Map Update.
In june 2019 the queensland fire and emergency service acting director warned of the potential for an early start to the bushfire season which normally starts in august. CNN Nearly three billion animals were killed or displaced by Australias devastating bushfires. Since our last update there has been widespread damaging severe bushfires and weather events across Australia.
The bushfire outlook for July to September 2020 was predicting a normal fire potential in Queensland with a good grass growth in many areas giving an increased risk of grass fires an above normal season in the Kimberley region of Western Australia as a result of good rains from tropical. Months of devastating fires in Australia left at least 28 people dead about 3000 homes destroyed and up to a billion animals affected. Updated 0202 GMT 1002 HKT January 14 2020.
7 2020 913 PM UTC Updated Jan. Updates on the Australian Bushfires. At the start of 2020 countries worldwide were just starting to grapple with the effects of the the pandemic but at the same time Australia was also suffering from devastating bushfires that tore through communities resulting in countless fatalities and massive amounts of land damage.
8 2020 1106 PM UTC By Nigel Chiwaya. Australia fires update 2020. By Catie Brown April 27 2020.