Australia Fires 2019 Map
MyFireWatch - Bushfire map information Australia.
Australia fires 2019 map. Australias annual bush fire season officially begins. The 201920 bushfire season saw unprecedented fires sweep across Australia with a massive impact on many communities devastating the natural environment and compromising air quality. Please refer to your state local emergency services.
The scale of the area burned by the fires is immense with at least 49m hectares burned or currently burning in NSW alone based on the most recent figures available. The first day of the year saw Aussies face a humanitarian crisis as food water and fuel began to run out while bushfires continued to spread. Since January 1 2020 assessments on South Coast have.
The fires created unprecedented damage destroying more than 14 million acres of land and killing more than 20 people and an estimated 1 billion animals. The number of people killed as a result of the fires since September 2019 is higher than in recent years. Frequency of bushfires during the 2019-2020 Australian bushfire season July 2019 February 2020 based on remote sensing Source.
National prioritisation of Australian plants affected by the 2019-2020 bushfire season Report to the Commonwealth Department of Agriculture Water and Environment. 2019 to the same region. Fire can impact natural ecosystems and ecological communities by releasing sequestered.
During the 201920 bushfire season the southern and eastern parts of Australia experienced multiple large-scale and intense fires. Smoke from Australias fires is reaching New Zealand. The season started in early November 2019 in New South Wales and gradually progressed in Victoria.
A prolonged drought that began in 2017 made this years bushfire season more devastating than ever. NASA LANCE Fire Information for Resource Management System provides near real-time active fire data from MODIS and VIIRS to meet the needs of firefighters scientists and users interested in monitoring fires. The 2019-20 fires followed several years of drought.