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The 2019–20 Australian bushfire season, [a] or Black Summer, was one of the most intense and catastrophic fire seasons on record in Australia.It included a period of bushfires in many parts of Australia, which, due to its unusual intensity, size, duration, and uncontrollable dimension, was considered a megafire by media at the time.
5 September 2019 – 2 March 2020 2019–20 Australian bushfire season (Black Summer) Nationwide 18,626,000 46,030,000 34 [j] approx. 2,600 [k] approx. 6,000: At least one billion wild animals are estimated to have died (not including frogs and insects) with some species thought to be facing extinction.
Estimated cost Notes 1851 bushfire: ... Western Australian bushfires: 0 160 homes 1965 ... 2019–2020 Bushfire: 2019–20 bushfire season:
Australia's last two fire seasons have been quiet compared with the catastrophic 2019-2020 "Black Summer" of bushfires that destroyed an area the size of Turkey and killed 33 people.
2019–20 Australian bushfire season: $69 [20] $81.2 451 Wildfire 2019-20 Australia Hurricane Sandy: $68.7 [13] $91.2 254 Tropical cyclone 2012 North America (, , , others) Hurricane Irma: $64.8 [13] $80.5 134 Tropical cyclone 2017 North America (, , , others) Deepwater Horizon oil spill: $60 – $100 [21] $83.8 – $139.7 11 Contamination (Oil ...
(as of 19 January 2020) [3] Cuddlee Creek South Australia Adelaide Hills Council: 20 December 2019 Declared safe 3 January 2020 23,295 hectares Ignited by power infrastructure 85 homes destroyed, 1 death 51 firefighters injured Dunns Road New South Wales Snowy Valleys Council [20] City of Wagga Wagga [21] 28 December 2019 Contained 2 February ...
2015–16 Australian bushfire season: 9 fatalities, 408 houses lost; The most destructive bushfire season in terms of human life and property loss since the 2008–09 Australian bushfire season prior to the 2019-2020 bushfires. Insurance losses of around A$353 million [28] At least 317,000 hectares (780,000 acres) burned
The cost of dealing with the bushfires is expected to exceed the A$ 4.4 billion of the 2009 Black Saturday fires, [12] and tourism sector revenues have fallen more than A$ 1 billion. [13] By 7 January 2020, the smoke had moved approximately 11,000 kilometres (6,800 mi) across the South Pacific Ocean to Chile and Argentina.