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To all our Aussie ******** I hope that you and your Families are safe During the distressing time.
If You are in the Bush fire area and You are told to leave please do so this is not your everyday fire this is a superFire fueled by very dry year with very little rain .
The 2019–20 Australian bushfire season involves a series of bushfires that are currently burning across Australia, predominantly in the south-east. The 2019–20 bushfire season is of notable intensity compared to previous seasons as it has burned an estimated 10.7 million hectares (26 million acres; 107,000 square kilometres; 41,000 square miles), destroyed over 5,900 buildings (including over 2,204 homes) and killed 28 people as of 8 January 2020.[SUP][5][/SUP][SUP][6][/SUP][SUP][7][/SUP][SUP][8][/SUP][SUP][9][/SUP][SUP][10][/SUP][SUP][11][/SUP] The bushfires are regarded by the NSW Rural Fire Service as the worst bushfire season in memory.[SUP][12][/SUP] In December 2019, the New South Wales Government declared a state of emergency after record-breaking temperatures and prolonged drought exacerbated the bushfires.[SUP][13][/SUP][SUP][14][/SUP] It was estimated that close to half a billion animals in New South Wales were affected by the ongoing fires.[SUP][15][/SUP][SUP][16][/SUP] Other estimates, which include animals like bats, amphibians and invertebrates, put the number killed at over a billion.[SUP][17][/SUP] Ecologists fear some endangered species will be driven to extinction by the fires.[SUP][18][/SUP]
From September 2019, fires heavily impacted various regions of the state of New South Wales, such as the North Coast, Mid North Coast, the Hunter Region, the Hawkesbury and the Wollondilly in Sydney's far west, the Blue Mountains, Illawarra and the South Coast, with more than 100 fires burnt across the state. In eastern and north-eastern Victoria large areas of forest burnt out of control for four weeks before the fires emerged from the forests in late December, taking lives, threatening many towns and isolating Corryong and Mallacoota. A state of disaster was declared for East Gippsland.[SUP][19][/SUP] Significant fires occurred in the Adelaide Hills and Kangaroo Island in South Australia. Moderately affected areas were South Eastern Queensland and areas of southwestern Western Australia, with a few areas in Tasmania and the ACT being mildly impacted.
Reinforcements from all over Australia were called in to assist fighting the fires and relieve exhausted local crews in New South Wales. On 11 November it was reported that the Victorian Country Fire Authority (CFA) was sending in a large contingent of up to 300 firefighters and support staff to assist.[SUP][20][/SUP] By mid-November 2019, more than 100 firefighters were sent from Western Australia.[SUP][21][/SUP] Contingents were also sent from South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory.[SUP][21][/SUP][SUP][20][/SUP] On 12 November the Australian Government announced that the Australian Defence Force would provide air support to the firefighting effort, as well as prepare to provide manpower and logistical support.[SUP][22][/SUP][SUP][23][/SUP] Firefighters from New Zealand, the United States and Canada helped fight the fires, especially in New South Wales.
If You are in the Bush fire area and You are told to leave please do so this is not your everyday fire this is a superFire fueled by very dry year with very little rain .
The 2019–20 Australian bushfire season involves a series of bushfires that are currently burning across Australia, predominantly in the south-east. The 2019–20 bushfire season is of notable intensity compared to previous seasons as it has burned an estimated 10.7 million hectares (26 million acres; 107,000 square kilometres; 41,000 square miles), destroyed over 5,900 buildings (including over 2,204 homes) and killed 28 people as of 8 January 2020.[SUP][5][/SUP][SUP][6][/SUP][SUP][7][/SUP][SUP][8][/SUP][SUP][9][/SUP][SUP][10][/SUP][SUP][11][/SUP] The bushfires are regarded by the NSW Rural Fire Service as the worst bushfire season in memory.[SUP][12][/SUP] In December 2019, the New South Wales Government declared a state of emergency after record-breaking temperatures and prolonged drought exacerbated the bushfires.[SUP][13][/SUP][SUP][14][/SUP] It was estimated that close to half a billion animals in New South Wales were affected by the ongoing fires.[SUP][15][/SUP][SUP][16][/SUP] Other estimates, which include animals like bats, amphibians and invertebrates, put the number killed at over a billion.[SUP][17][/SUP] Ecologists fear some endangered species will be driven to extinction by the fires.[SUP][18][/SUP]
From September 2019, fires heavily impacted various regions of the state of New South Wales, such as the North Coast, Mid North Coast, the Hunter Region, the Hawkesbury and the Wollondilly in Sydney's far west, the Blue Mountains, Illawarra and the South Coast, with more than 100 fires burnt across the state. In eastern and north-eastern Victoria large areas of forest burnt out of control for four weeks before the fires emerged from the forests in late December, taking lives, threatening many towns and isolating Corryong and Mallacoota. A state of disaster was declared for East Gippsland.[SUP][19][/SUP] Significant fires occurred in the Adelaide Hills and Kangaroo Island in South Australia. Moderately affected areas were South Eastern Queensland and areas of southwestern Western Australia, with a few areas in Tasmania and the ACT being mildly impacted.
Reinforcements from all over Australia were called in to assist fighting the fires and relieve exhausted local crews in New South Wales. On 11 November it was reported that the Victorian Country Fire Authority (CFA) was sending in a large contingent of up to 300 firefighters and support staff to assist.[SUP][20][/SUP] By mid-November 2019, more than 100 firefighters were sent from Western Australia.[SUP][21][/SUP] Contingents were also sent from South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory.[SUP][21][/SUP][SUP][20][/SUP] On 12 November the Australian Government announced that the Australian Defence Force would provide air support to the firefighting effort, as well as prepare to provide manpower and logistical support.[SUP][22][/SUP][SUP][23][/SUP] Firefighters from New Zealand, the United States and Canada helped fight the fires, especially in New South Wales.
