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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 ...
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 ...
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.
2009 flu pandemic in Australia. 191 confirmed deaths. Death toll possibly as high as 1600. ... 2019-20 Australian bushfire season. [122] Death toll included 3 US fire ...
Black Christmas bushfires 2001–2002 (New South Wales) with 750,000 hectares burnt. Canberra bushfires of 2003; 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 ...
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.
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 ...
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.