Australia Fires 2020 Date

A firefighter sprays foam retardant ahead of a fire front in the New South Wales town of Jerrawangala on January 1 2020.

Australia fires 2020 date. The Australian 20192020 bushfire season was one of the worst in recent times in the world. The Snowy Mountains area is ablaze as the fires continue to spread south. As improved information becomes available over time.

Fire extent area during 201920 summer bushfire season in southern and eastern Australia as at 28 April 2020 and the area of forest in this extent by jurisdiction Jurisdiction Fire. Jan 13 2021. Understanding the more immediate and short-term physical and mental health impacts of bushfires can help to ensure health services are sufficiently equipped to deal with them in any future bushfire event.

Australia experienced the worst bushfire season ever in 2019-2020 with fires blazing for months in large parts of the country. If you are told to leave leave Daniel Andrews warns as Victoria SA and NSW brace for bushfires danger latest updates. According to Australian authorities as of 11 January the number of fatalities resulting from the bushfires remain to 27 people 20 in New South Wales NSW 4.

The season started in early November 2019 in New South Wales. On 20 January 2020 the Australian Governments Department of Agriculture Water and the Environment released an initial list of threatened and migratory species that have more than 10 of their known or predicted distribution in areas affected by bushfires in southern and eastern Australia from 1 August 2019 and 13 January 2020. As the people evacuated by sea from Mallacoota were finally reunited with their loved ones in Somerville emotions were raw and the feelings of relief were palpable.

But the danger is equally great further south in Victoria. Fires in NSW have destroyed about 1000 homes since the New Year and more than 150 bushfires are burning there. It was just like the airport scene from Love Actually but this was very real.

Almost 90 homes were burnt. Summary are detailed in a technical report NSW Fire and the Environment 201920 Technical Report DPIE 2020. An animal rescuer carries a kangaroo burned in a bushfire.