Australia Fires 2019 Facts

According to The New York Times that area is six times the size of the 2019 Amazon fires.

Australia fires 2019 facts. This figure comes from Professor Chris Dickman who is an expert on Australian biodiversity at the University of Sydney. The Bureau of Meteorology noted in its Annual Climate Statement 2019 published on 9 January 2020 that The extensive and long-lived fires appear to be the largest in scale in the modern record in New South Wales while the total area burnt appears to be the largest in a single recorded fire season for eastern Australia. 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.

This Summary provides an outline of the biodiversity and. In Queensland 20 homes have been lost and about 180000ha burned. The devastating fires which spread in the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales NSW and other areas of the south-eastern coast.

The 2019-2020 burnt an almost continuous 1160 km from south east Queensland to eastern Victoria encompassing 704 million hectares of land of which 57 million hectares of forest and woodland was burnt devastating Australian communities and killing and injuring an estimated three billion animals. The 201920 Australian bushfire season has already been considered the worst in the history of the country. 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.

The Environment Energy and Science Group has assessed the effects of the bushfires on a range of biodiversity and landscape values. The blaze has affected a large population of the potoroo a hare-size wallaby. In Victoria where the bushfire season usually starts later 100kmh winds fanned more than 60 blazes during an unprecedented.

From September there have been serious fire events first in south-eastern Queensland and northern New South Wales. South-eastern Australia which is experiencing the worst of the fires is in the grip of the worst drought on record. The season started in early November 2019 in New South Wales and gradually progressed in Victoria.

2019 - 2020 fires in eastern and southern Australia - random thoughts on a continuing nightmare. In 2019 many of the affected areas had their driest January to August period on record. Some key facts about the size intensity and devastating impact of the fires.