Australia Fires 2019 Facts

2019 - 2020 fires in eastern and southern Australia - random thoughts on a continuing nightmare.

Australia fires 2019 facts. At least 1700 homes have been destroyed across the country in the fires. The blaze has affected a large population of the potoroo a hare-size wallaby. 11 Facts About Australias Wildfires.

In Queensland 20 homes have been lost and about 180000ha burned. The Australian 20192020 bushfire season was one of the worst in recent times in the world. Thousands of holidaymakers and locals were forced to flee to beaches in fire-ravaged southeast Australia on December 31 as blazes ripped through popular tourist areas leaving no escape by land.

The season started in early November 2019 in New South Wales and gradually progressed in Victoria. Over seven million hectares of land have burned in the fires. 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.

The Environment Energy and Science Group has assessed the effects of the bushfires on a range of biodiversity and landscape values. The size of the area burned by Australias wildfires is the equivalent of more than 21309 Central Parks put together. 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.

This Summary provides an outline of the biodiversity and. Australia experienced the worst bushfire season ever in 2019-2020 with fires blazing for months in large parts of 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.

From September there have been serious fire events first in south-eastern Queensland and northern New South Wales. In 2019 many of the affected areas had their driest January to August period on record. Australias deadly bushfires sparked in September 2019 and have been blazing ever since.