Australia Fires 2020 Acres

Project leader Lily Van Eeden also from the University of Sydney said the new report looks into the effects of the fires over 1146 million hectares 2832 million acres.

Australia fires 2020 acres. Photos courtesy of Yasmin Andrews 22. As of Jan. Australia experiences fires during its summer which runs from December to March but this years crisis which comes on the heels of a heat wave and prolonged drought is unprecedented.

States of Vermont and New Hampshire combined. The merged fire which straddles the countrys most populous states of New South Wales and Victoria measures nearly 15 million acres according to The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 2020 1032 AM.

Bushfires in Australia devastate 46 million acres. In total more than 73 million hectares 179 million acres have been burned across Australias six states -- an area larger than the countries of Belgium and Denmark combined. Rain and cooler temperatures are bringing some relief this morning for communities devastated by the out-of-control bush fires raging across Australia.

The Bureau of Meteorology noted in its Annual Climate Statement 2019 published on 9 January 2020 that The extensive and long-lived fires appear to be the largest in scale in the modern record in New South Wales while the total area burnt appears to be the largest in a single recorded fire season for eastern Australia. Active fire alerts Jan. Australias landmassis nearly the size of the contiguous United States and fires this year have consumedsome 25 million acres.

Other parts of Australia have also experienced wildfires bringing the total count of burned acres to 26 million acres in 2019 but those Savannah fires. BY YASMIN ANDREWS 22. 3 graphics reveal the unimaginable scale of Australias fires.

Fires have scorched millions of acres of land across Australia since October destroying nearly 2000 homes and killing at least 27 people including three volunteer firefighters. The Australian 20192020 bushfire season was one of the worst in recent times in the world. In NSW the massive Gospers Mountain fire alone has burned more than 12 million acres making it the biggest forest fire in Australian history.