are they putting out the fires in australia?
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Months of devastating fires in Australia left at least 28 people dead, about 3,000 homes destroyed and up to a billion animals affected. ... Now, all bushfires in the state have been extinguished.
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It's currently summer in Australia, and high temperatures, dry weather, and wildfires are not unusual this time of year. ... There were unique patterns in rain, temperature, and wind that converged to scorch the continent, factors that scientists were able to detect in advance.
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Heavy rains and thunderstorms have lashed parts of Australia's east coast, dousing some of its fires but bringing a new threat of flooding to some areas. ... But fire officials said the rain was helping to tackle some of the blazes.
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Why are the fires so bad? Australia's deadly fires have been fuelled by a combination of extreme heat, prolonged drought and strong winds. The country is in the grip of a heatwave, with record-breaking temperatures over the last three months.
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There are currently 11 uncontrolled blazes burning across the state, including a blaze in the Barossa region, which is moving in a northerly direction and is threatening the town of Truro. Meanwhile, the fire in Victoria's Grampians, where one woman died yesterday, has now burnt around 52,000 hectares.
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There are currently no fires in the Northern Territory, where Uluru is, but there are some fires in Tasmania and in Western Australia, where Perth is, but all three areas are still considered largely safe. The Springs Ran Dry. Then This Australian Town Burned.
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Australia's fires are 46% bigger than last year's Brazilian Amazon blazes. There are at least 2 months of fire season to go. A ghost. ... Since September, bushfires have razed an estimated 25 million acres in Australia.
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Every state and territory in Australia has experienced fires this summer. But the biggest fires burn along stretches of the eastern and southern coast, where most of the population lives. This includes areas around Sydney and Adelaide.
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IFAW has deployed additional responders to provide emergency support to our Australia team already responding to the deadly bushfires in Australia. For the past three months, bushfires have ravaged across New South Wales and Queensland, forcing thousands to evacuate and decimating local wildlife populations.
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Currently, fires are largely burning across the states of Victoria, where Melbourne is; New South Wales, where Sydney is; and South Australia, where Adelaide is.
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The hot, dry conditions that primed southeastern Australia's forest and fields for the bushfires that have been ravaging the country since September are likely to continue, scientists warn — and climate change has likely made the situation much worse. ... But scientists say that the risk of additional fires remains high.
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Australia's ruinous fire season can be seen from space. NASA's satellites have spotted more than a million infrared heat signatures — telltale signs of fires — across the country since the beginning of September.
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A 2008 study found that in Australia about 85% of fires were triggered by human activity - this includes arson, but also carelessness or recklessness. According to Australia's National Centre for Research in Bushfire and Arson, 13% of bushfires every year are deliberate and 37% are suspicious.
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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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A combination of the intense heat and strong winds during Australia's summer months has made the fires spread rapidly across parts of the country. The direction of the wind also has a massive effect on the areas that are being affected by the flames.
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Putting Climate Change over Land Management According to Australian Capital Territory foresters, climate change isn't to blame for Australia's fires, but “long unburnt fuels in national parks.” The same could be said of many of California's recent wildfires, as previously reported here.
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A UK government minister has been accused of using misleading figures about the number of bushfires in Australia caused by arson. Heather Wheeler, a foreign office minister, said last week: "Very regrettably, it is widely reported on social media that 75% of the fires were started by arsonists."