Australia Fires 2020 Size
The deadly wildfires across many parts of Australia continue leaving behind an unprecedented devastation millions of killed animals at least 23 fatalities among residents and much more.
Australia fires 2020 size. In neighboring Bolivia for example 12 million acres burned in 2019 out of which 45 million acres affected forests and 05 million acres Amazonian rain forest. It marked the first time Victoria has activated these powers since the 2009 Black Saturday fires the deadliest bushfire disaster on record in Australia with 173 people killed and 500 injured. As of January 7 2020 the bushfire season consumed 20800000 acres 8400000 hectares of land the equivalent to 84 million football fields.
1 2019 and Jan. Last modified on Fri 17 Jan 2020 0338 EST. In August 2019 25 million hectares of forest were destroyed -- compared to the six million hectares of Australian land which have been razed thus far.
And 13 times the size of. The amount of land affected across the country - more than 10 million hectares - is. NSW Western Australia Victoria Queensland South Australia Northern Territory and Tasmania.
The mega wildfires started in June 2019 and continued through 2020 affecting seven states and territories. About 16 million acres have burned in New South Wales and Victoria where the crisis is centered. Maps show the sheer size and scale of the Australian bushfires.
The scale of the area burned by the fires is immense with at least 49m hectares burned or currently burning in NSW alone based on the most recent figures available. More than 1 billion animals are feared. Humans can also be to blame.
Joshua StevensNASA EOSDISLANCEGIBSWorldview. In Victoria the rain that is giving bushfire. Edward Island and are nearly 10 times the size of the Fort McMurray fires.