Australia Fires 2019 Map
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Australia fires 2019 map. As of 28 January 2020 the fires in NSW had burnt 53 million hectares 67 of the State including 27 million hectares in national parks 37 of the States national. NASAs satellites not only tracked the event in real time using resources such as the Global Actives Fires and Hotspots Dashboard you see. Smoke from Australias fires is reaching New Zealand.
The prolonged drought causes embers from fires to spread leading to more intense fires in the 2019 season. The 2019-20 fires followed several years of drought. The number of people killed as a result of the fires since September 2019 is higher than in recent years.
NRT VIIRS 375m Active Fire product from NOAA and NASA High Low 250 Km 65000 New displacements during the. In June 2019 the Queensland Fire and Emergency Service acting director warned of the potential for an early start to the bushfire season which normally starts in August. The 2019-20 bushfires in New South Wales NSW have been unprecedented in their extent and intensity.
Australias deadly bushfires sparked in September 2019 and have been blazing ever since. National prioritisation of Australian plants affected by the 2019-2020 bushfire season Report to the Commonwealth Department of Agriculture Water and Environment. Australia Fires Map.
This set of data tables shows the area of Australias forests in the fire extent area during this bushfire season in southern and eastern Australia by jurisdiction forest category and forest tenure. Australia has seen unprecedented heat waves with temperatures reaching 120 F 491 C in January across central and eastern Australia. MyFireWatch - Bushfire map information Australia.
November to December 2019 - fire continues to spread. We have updated this map to. MyFireWatch allows you to interactively browse satellite observed hotspots.