Australia Fires 2019 Facts
Australias 2019 bushfires have ripped through the country.
Australia fires 2019 facts. Here are five things you need to know about them from CO2 levels to the destruction of nature. As of January 2020 more than 500 million animals were killed 16 million acres burned and 25 people were killed. The devastating fires which spread in the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales NSW and other areas of the south-eastern coast.
A prolonged drought that began in 2017 made this years bushfire season more devastating than ever. 2019 - 2020 fires in eastern and southern Australia - random thoughts on a continuing nightmare. The Australian 20192020 bushfire season was one of the worst in recent times in the world.
700 houses have been destroyed by the fires 2306 insurance claims have been made up to mid-December valued at 240 million dollars and 12-50 million dollars is the estimated cost of disruptions due to smoke in Sydney alone. In Victoria where the bushfire season usually starts later 100kmh winds fanned more than 60 blazes during an unprecedented. In November Australian meteorologists identified the first day ever that mainland Australia experienced no rain whatsoever.
In 2019 many of the affected areas had their driest January to August period on record. A combination of record-breaking heat record-breaking drought lightning strikes high wind conditions and arson ignited unprecedented raging fires across New South Wales NSW and southeast Australia. 11 Facts About Australias Wildfires.
Australia experienced the worst bushfire season ever in 2019-2020 with fires blazing for months in large parts of the country. This figure comes from Professor Chris Dickman who is an expert on Australian biodiversity at the University of Sydney. The size of the area burned by Australias wildfires is the equivalent of more than 21309 Central Parks put together.
At least 1700 homes have been destroyed across the country in the fires. Some key facts about the size intensity and devastating impact of the fires. Australias deadly bushfires sparked in September 2019 and have been blazing ever since.