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2016–17 Australian bushfire season: 46 houses lost; 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$353 million [28]
As of 2010, Australian bushfires accounted for over 800 deaths since 1851 and, in 2012, the total accumulated cost was estimated to be A$ 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 ...
Bushfires have accounted for over 800 deaths in Australia since 1851 and, in 2012, the total accumulated cost was estimated at $1.6 billion. [132] In terms of monetary cost however, they rate behind the damage caused by drought, severe storms, hail, and cyclones, [133] perhaps because they most commonly occur outside highly populated urban areas.
The Australian bushfire season ran from late December 2008 to April/May 2009. Above average rainfalls in December, particularly in Victoria, delayed the start of the season, but by January 2009, conditions throughout South eastern Australia worsened with the onset of one of the region's worst heat waves.
Bushfires Australia-wide 479 2019–2020 The Black Summer bushfires killed 479 people; 34 people from flames, and 445 people from smoke exposure. Future deaths from cardiovascular conditions and cancer are predicted. Heat wave: Victoria: 438: 1938 Dec – 1939 Feb: Heat wave killed 438 and sparked the Black Friday bushfires (see below). [11 ...
South Australia Kangaroo Island Council: 20 December 2019 [36] 210,000 hectares (as of 14 January 2020) [37] Believed to be ignited by lightning strike [24] 2 deaths [38] Kerry Ridge New South Wales Muswellbrook Shire. Singleton Council. Mid-Western Regional Council [39] Out 7 February 2020 [30] 156,000 hectares (as of 19 January 2020) [39 ...
Year Disaster Event Death toll Material destruction Estimated cost Notes 1851 bushfire: Black Thursday bushfires: 12 50,000 square kilometres (12,000,000 acres; 5,000,000 ha) burnt One million sheep and thousands of cattle 1852 Flood: 1852 Gundagai flood: 89 Destroyed the entire town A severe flash flood destroyed the town of Gundagai. [1] [2 ...
0–9. 1974–75 Australian bushfire season; 1993–94 Australian bushfire season; 1996–97 Australian bushfire season; 2002–03 Australian bushfire season