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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 ...
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.
1984-85 Australian bushfire season: NSW in 1984-85, 3,500,000 hectares (8,600,000 acres) were burnt, four lives were lost, 40,000 livestock were killed and $40m damage to property was caused (RFS 2003a). 1982-1983 Australian bushfire season: The Ash Wednesday fires of 16 February 1983 caused severe damage in Victoria and South Australia. In ...
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] 1860 Flood: Nowra ...
Black Saturday bushfires of 2009 (Victoria) with 400,000 hectares burnt and the highest death toll of over 170 deaths. 2019–20 Australian bushfire season – "Black summer" – the worst bushfire season in modern Australian history. Nationwide burned (approximately) a total of 18,636,079 hectares (46,050,750 acres).
In Western Australia, more than 20 bushfires were burning on Sunday, the state's emergency services agency said on its website, including an uncontrolled one near Pemberton, a town of around 5,000 ...
The 2023 Wanneroo bushfire was a bushfire that began on 22 November 2023 in Wanneroo, 36 kilometres (22 miles) north of the Perth central business district, in the City of Wanneroo, Western Australia. Eighteen houses were destroyed as a result of the fire and several people in the suburb were evacuated from their homes. [1] [2]
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, killed 33 people, 3 billion animals and ...