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An animation shows the scale of wildfires that have been burning in Australia's Northern Territory over the last two months. Dr Robbi Bishop-Taylor of Geoscience Australia posted the timelapse on ...
The 2023–24 Australian bushfire season [a] was the summer season of bushfires in Australia.The spring and summer outlook for the season prediction was for increased risk of fire for regions in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and the Northern Territory.
The fire burned through more than 3,200 ha (7,900 acres) by the following day. A second fire had also started further south near Yallingup damaging one house and threatening properties near Caves Road. [6] The fires burned out an area close to 8,000 ha (20,000 acres) of bushland and has resulted in the closure of many tourist sites along Caves ...
Northern Territory 40,000,000 99,000,000 0 0 0 29 November 1968 1968 Blue Mountains Bushfire New South Wales 4 approx. 120: 0 [citation needed] 8 January 1969 1969 bushfires Victoria 23 230 0 [13] 1969 – 70 1969-70 Dry River-Victoria River fire Northern Territory 45,000,000 110,000,000 0 0 0 [22] 1974 – 1975 summer fire season
Fire authorities advised that overall main areas of increased risk of bushfire in Australia at the start of the bushfire season were most parts of the Northern Territory, large areas of northern and central Queensland, and also western Victoria as well as parts of southeastern South Australia. [1]
According to Tim Flannery (The Future Eaters), fire is one of the most important forces at work in the Australian environment.Some plants have evolved a variety of mechanisms to survive or even require bushfires (possessing epicormic shoots or lignotubers that sprout after a fire, or developing fire-resistant or fire-triggered seeds), or even encourage fire (eucalypts contain flammable oils in ...
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Adverse conditions, the remote location and a lack of water meant that the fire was fought using back-burning, constructing fire lines and using aircraft. [16] January 2019. In mid-January, south western Australia experienced a major heatwave that triggered a large fire in Collie on 21 January, putting most of Collie at risk. The fire was ...