Australia Fires 2019 Facts
South-eastern Australia which is experiencing the worst of the fires is in the grip of the worst drought on record.
Australia fires 2019 facts. Exploring the short-term health impacts 1 1 Introduction 11 Australias 201920 bushfire season at a glance Australias land area is almost 77 million square kilometres or 770 million hectares. Over seven million hectares of land have burned in the fires. From September there have been serious fire events first in south-eastern Queensland and northern New South Wales.
In Victoria where the bushfire season usually starts later 100kmh winds fanned more than 60 blazes during an unprecedented. Since the mid-1990s southeast Australia has experienced a 15 decline in late autumn and early winter rainfall and a 25 decline in average rainfall in April and May. Australias 2019 bushfires have ripped through the country.
Climate change is influencing this drying trendThe 2019-20 bushfire season in New South Wales and southeast Queensland had an early and devastating start in August 2019. This figure comes from Professor Chris Dickman who is an expert on Australian biodiversity at the University of Sydney. Australias deadly bushfires sparked in September 2019 and have been blazing ever since.
Some key facts about the size intensity and devastating impact of the fires. Australia experienced the worst bushfire season ever in 2019-2020 with fires blazing for months in large parts of the country. Around 126000 square kilometres of.
In 2019 many of the affected areas had their driest January to August period on record. 201920 fires New South Wales has experienced extensive bushfires throughout spring and summer 201920. Around 25 million people and between 600000 and 700000 species call Australia home with 84 of its.
The blaze has affected a large population of the potoroo a hare-size wallaby. At least 1700 homes have been destroyed across the country in the fires. The size of the area burned by Australias wildfires is the equivalent of more than 21309 Central Parks put together.