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The 2024–25 Australian bushfire season [a] is the current summer season of bushfires in Australia.At the beginning of the season temperatures had been above average to high above average for most regions, with parts of Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland experiencing highest on record maximum temperatures for the winter period.
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. [2] [3]
Lithgow bushfire New South Wales 2 [g] 0 0 [36] 2 December 1997 Menai bushfire New South Wales 1 [h] 11 0 [37] 2 December 1997 Perth and South-West Region bushfires Western Australia 23,000 57,000 2 1 0 [citation needed] 2 December 1998 Linton bushfire: Victoria 5 [i] 0 0 [38] 25 December 2001 – 7 January 2002 Black Christmas bushfires: New ...
Satellite imagery from the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) shows the bushfires currently tearing through parts of Queensland, Australia. Fires are shown in the video ...
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 ...
Significant damage to the towns of Northampton and Kalbarri in Western Australia with 70% of homes sustaining damage or destruction. [72] 2022 Cyclone: Cyclone Seth: 2 [75] 2022 Flood: 2022 eastern Australia floods: 28 $4,800,000,000 2022 Flood: 2022 New South Wales floods: 1 $379 million (2022 USD) 2022 Flood: 2022 south eastern Australia ...
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.
Homes were feared lost on the New South Wales South Coast as bushfires fanned by strong winds burned towards the sea on January 23.One blaze spread to the area of Potato Point in the hot ...