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The summer of 2016–17 saw a very wet start with the fifth-wettest December [1] on record being 76 percent above the average rainfall for the month across much of the country. This caused a significant surge in vegetation growth leading into the fire danger period.
1978 Western Australian bushfires Western Australia 114,000 280,000 2 0 6 [citation needed] December 1979 1979 Sydney bushfires New South Wales 5 28 0 [30] 3 November 1980 1980 Waterfall bushfire New South Wales 1,000,000 2,500,000 5 [e] 14 0 [31] 9 January 1983 Grays Point bushfire New South Wales 3 [f] 0 0 [32] 16 February 1983 Ash Wednesday ...
By 19 January 2016, Western Powers repair bill reached $26 million and in addition to 1,000 power poles, now included 44 transformers and more the 50 km (31 mi) of powerlines. [ 24 ] : 4 The WA Premier Colin Barnett visited the town of Yarloop on 20 January 2016 and spoke to the town's locals at the bowling club. [ 25 ]
Three people have died, four are missing and at least 150 homes have been destroyed as bushfires rage across eastern Australia, authorities said on Saturday. The New South Wales Rural Fire Service ...
Australia's tourism and insurance industries have already foreshadowed they face a A$1 billion ($687 million) hit each from the fires. REFILE-Australian bushfires hit coal output, conditions to worsen
The most destructive bushfire season in terms of property loss since the 2008–09 Australian bushfire season, occurred in the summer of 2015–16, with the loss of 408 houses and at least 500 non-residential buildings as a result of wild fires between 1 June 2015 and 31 May 2016.
Three people have died, four are missing and at least 150 homes have been destroyed as bushfires rage across eastern Australia, authorities said on Saturday. The New South Wales Rural Fire Service ...
The last two bushfire seasons in Australia have been subdued compared with the 2019-2020 "Black Summer", when bushfires destroyed an area the size of Turkey, killing 33 people and an estimated 3 ...