Australia has been burning since September as more than 19.8 million acres of bush, forest, and parks caught fire amid a long and deep drought.
While the country experienced better weather this week, officials have warned that dangerous weather was expected to come back.
Based on data from NASA satellites over the last seven days, the map below shows how the fires have spread across the country (and the land mass comparison to the U.S.):
https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/
Bushfires are a natural part of Australia’s environment, but this past fire season was particularly catastrophic. It began early, at the end of the country’s hottest and driest year on record, in September 2019. By February 2020, fires had burned more than 12 million hectares, killing more than 1 billion animals and at least 33 people,
In the years between 1967 and 2013, major Australian bushfires have resulted in over 8000 injuries and 433 fatalities, close to 50 per cent of all deaths from major Australian natural disasters in the period (excluding heatwaves). Over this same period, bushfires cost approximately A$4.7 billion (2013 Australian dollars, including deaths and injuries but excluding most indirect losses).
Source
Ladds M, Keating A, Handmer J and Magee L (2017)How much do disasters cost? A comparison of disaster cost estimates in Australia. International J of DRR. 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.01.004
Ladds, MA, Magee, L, Handmer, J (2015) AUS:DIS - Database of losses from disasters in Australia 1967-2013.
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Australia has been burning since September as more than 19.8 million acres of bush, forest, and parks caught fire amid a long and deep drought.
While the country experienced better weather this week, officials have warned that dangerous weather was expected to come back.
Based on data from NASA satellites over the last seven days, the map below shows how the fires have spread across the country (and the land mass comparison to the U.S.):
https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/
Bushfires are a natural part of Australia’s environment, but this past fire season was particularly catastrophic. It began early, at the end of the country’s hottest and driest year on record, in September 2019. By February 2020, fires had burned more than 12 million hectares, killing more than 1 billion animals and at least 33 people,
In the years between 1967 and 2013, major Australian bushfires have resulted in over 8000 injuries and 433 fatalities, close to 50 per cent of all deaths from major Australian natural disasters in the period (excluding heatwaves). Over this same period, bushfires cost approximately A$4.7 billion (2013 Australian dollars, including deaths and injuries but excluding most indirect losses).
Source
Ladds M, Keating A, Handmer J and Magee L (2017)How much do disasters cost? A comparison of disaster cost estimates in Australia. International J of DRR. 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.01.004
Ladds, MA, Magee, L, Handmer, J (2015) AUS:DIS - Database of losses from disasters in Australia 1967-2013.
Over the span of 12 hours, a gunman posing as a police officer went on a rampage across the province of Nova Scotia that became Canada's deadliest mass shooting.
The 23 hour rampage led to the deaths of 22 people leaving 3 injured at 16 locations. Until Canadian police killed gunman.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52373798
Over the span of 12 hours, a gunman posing as a police officer went on a rampage across the province of Nova Scotia that became Canada's deadliest mass shooting.
The 23 hour rampage led to the deaths of 22 people leaving 3 injured at 16 locations. Until Canadian police killed gunman.
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