Australia Fires Map 2019
The number of people killed as a result of the fires since September 2019 is higher than in recent years.
Australia fires map 2019. Dozens of people are missing at least 24 are. The 2019-2020 season has been one of the worst fire seasons on record. Please refer to your state local emergency services.
Australian Bureau of Meteorology Burning Australia. 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. 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.
The 2019-20 fires followed several years of drought. The 2019-20 bushfires in New South Wales NSW have been unprecedented in their extent and intensity. We have updated this map to.
Gale force winds have fanned two of Australias massive bushfires into a feared mega. Australia faces a nationwide crisis with 130 forest fires burning across the country. 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.
MyFireWatch map symbology has been updated. Australia has seen unprecedented heat waves with temperatures reaching 120 F 491 C in January across central and eastern Australia. Australias deadly bushfires sparked in September 2019 and have been blazing ever since.
NASAs satellites not only tracked the event in real time using resources such as the Global Actives Fires and Hotspots Dashboard you see. NSW Fire and the Environment 201920. The prolonged drought causes embers from fires to spread leading to more intense fires in the 2019 season.