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Event:
WF Wild fire
Number:
2019-000183
Country:
AUS Australia
Location:
Date (YMD):
2019-11-7
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Information Source:
Australian Red Cross
Comments:
High temperatures and prolonged dry conditions have resulted in multiple bushfires in the states of New South Wales (NSW) since early November 2019, in Victoria (VIC), Western Australia (WA) and South Australia (SA) since early December 2019, and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) in January 2020. At least 23 people have died as a result of the bushfires, with six people still missing in VIC and NSW. The bushfires continue to burn through a reported six million hectares across Australia, destroying bush and farmland, and multiple towns. An estimated 4,200 residential and public structures have been destroyed. Loss of wildlife is estimated to have surpassed one billion, along with tens of thousands of livestock. Due to prevailing drought conditions overall affected states during 2019, agricultural and horticultural sectors will be impacted well into the long-term.
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