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The 2021–22 Australian bushfire season was the season of summer bushfires in Australia. The outlook for the season was below average in parts of Eastern Australia thanks to a La Niña , with elevated fire danger in Western Australia . [ 2 ]
As of 2010, Australian bushfires accounted for over 800 deaths since 1851 and, in 2012, the total accumulated cost was estimated to be A$ 1.6 billion. [1] In terms of monetary cost however, bushfires have not cost as much in financial terms as the damage caused by drought , severe storms , hail , and cyclones , [ 2 ] perhaps [ opinion ] because ...
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
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 ...
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Large parts of Australia on Saturday sweltered under heat wave conditions that prompted the nation's weather forecaster to issue bush fire warnings in several states. In New ...
Out-of-control blaze has ravaged more than 11,000 hectares of land and left 16 homes in ruins
The bushfire outlook for July to September 2020 was predicting a normal fire potential in Queensland with a good grass growth in many areas giving an increased risk of grass fires, an above normal season in the Kimberley region of Western Australia as a result of good rains from tropical cyclones, a normal but earlier season in the Northern ...
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 ...