are bushfires still burning in australia?
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Record-breaking temperatures and months of severe drought have fuelled a series of massive bushfires across Australia. Although recent cooler conditions and rain have brought some respite, more than 50 fires are still burning in the states of New South Wales and Victoria.
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Floods follow drought and fire in Australia – in pictures. ... Only a week ago, more than 60 fires were burning across NSW and 33 of those were uncontained. The five fires that are still burning out of control are all in the Bega Valley and Snowy Valley area in the state's south.
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The wildfires in Australia have burned a massive expanse of land. ... That's 5,000 square miles (an area about the size of Connecticut), more than the area of land that burned during 2019's devastating Amazon rainforest fires and 80 times larger than the total area burned in the 2019 California wildfires.
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Fires in Australia are increasingly under control as cooler temperatures and light winds stay consistent, according to fire fighting officials. ... As of Sunday evening, 111 fires were still burning across the state of New South Wales - 40 of them still uncontrolled, according to the NSW Rural Fire Service.
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Bushfires and grassfires are common throughout Australia. ... Bushfires are an intrinsic part of Australia's environment. Natural ecosystems have evolved with fire, and the landscape, along with its biological diversity, has been shaped by both historic and recent fires.
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About 27.2 million acres of bush, forest, and parks across Australia have burned. New South Wales and Victoria have been the worst hit states. In New South Wales, fire has affected about 12 and a half million acres. In Victoria, almost 3 million acres have been burned.
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Australia's neighbouring countries, including New Zealand, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea, have offered support as the country continues to fight massive bushfires burning in New South Wales and Victoria. ... Australia stood by us through some horrific moments in 2019, and we're here to do the same.
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Fires rage near Australian capital The fire south of Canberra is still out of control and has already burned more than 20% of the territory's landscape. However, the fires did not reach the capital's southern suburbs. Hot and windy conditions are expected to last through the weekend.
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"We have no active fire in this area," Mr Mitchell told ABC Radio Gippsland today. "There are still a couple of hotspots that we will try and extinguish over the coming weeks but no active fire, which is great news." He said the recent rainfall had helped.
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The New Zealand Government is sending a further 22 firefighters to help fight the Australian fires. ... They'll leave for Australia on 8 January. Since late October 2019, 157 New Zealanders have been deployed to assist with the Australia bush fires.
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The aftermath of bushfires around Morwell. The ground still radiates heat as smoke rises from burnt trees, fence posts and piles of ash on the outskirts of Morwell. Bushfire swept through the area on Sunday afternoon and still continues to burn in some areas although the CFA now have those fires under control.
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American firefighters deployed to fight Australia fires met with cheers in Sydney. More than 100 American firefighters are now helping battle the bushfires in Australia. ... Nearly 28 million acres have burned across Australia, covering an area almost the size of Louisiana.
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That fire is now largely contained. But dozens of others are still burning in the southeastern states of New South Wales and Victoria, some out of control, despite heavy rain in some areas in recent days.
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In what has been a very traumatic, exhausting and anxious bush fire season so far, for the first time this season all bush and grass fires in NSW are now contained. The announcement comes after months of fires in Australia left at least 28 people dead, about 3,000 homes destroyed and up to 1 billion animals affected.
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The Government is sending 22 more firefighters to Australia to help fight the country's out of control bushfires. New Zealand has been sending firefighters to Australia since late October, with 157 having already been deployed. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said New Zealand would do all it could to assist.
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Wildfires are a natural part of the ecosystem in Australia. ... “There has been a long-term increase in extreme fire weather, and in the length of the fire season, across large parts of Australia,” according to the climate report. These fires may not be 100 percent attributable to climate change.
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September 2019 to March 2020 From September 2019 until March 2020, when the final fire was extinguished, Australia had one of the worst bush fires in history. 2019 had been the hottest record year for Australia, with the bushfire season starting in June 2019.