Australia Fires 2019 Map
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Australia fires 2019 map. Please refer to your state local emergency services. Australias annual bush fire season officially begins. The 2019-2020 season has been one of the worst fire seasons on record.
The fires created unprecedented damage destroying more than 14 million acres of land and killing more than 20 people and an estimated 1 billion animals. In late 2019 and early 2020 Australia experienced concurrent mega-fires throughout New South Wales Queensland Victoria and South Australia and its most devastating fire season on record Nolan et al. MyFireWatch map symbology has been updated.
The scale of the area burned by the fires is immense with at least 49m hectares burned or currently burning in NSW alone based on the most recent figures available. 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. Australian Bureau of Meteorology Burning Australia.
You can see where fires have burned as of Sunday in this map of New South Wales and Victoria. A prolonged drought that began in 2017 made this years bushfire season more devastating than ever. MyFireWatch allows you to interactively browse satellite observed hotspots.
This information is not to be used for the preservation of life or property. MyFireWatch - Bushfire map information Australia. Fire can impact natural ecosystems and ecological communities by releasing sequestered.
The Australian 20192020 bushfire season was one of the worst in recent times in the world. The 2019-20 fires followed several years of drought. The 201920 Australian bushfire season colloquially known as the Black Summer was a period of unusually intense bushfires in many parts of Australia.