The coronavirus pandemic is hampering bushfire recovery efforts and planning for future fire seasons - amid warnings Australia will face even more dangerous fire conditions. 9News
"These dangerous weather conditions for bushfires are likely to occur at least in part due to increasing greenhouse gas emissions," senior CSIRO scientist Dr Helen Cleugh said.
Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements chair Mark Binskin said coronavirus-related measures are further compounding the ongoing effects of the Black Summer bushfires for grieving communities. NSW woman Sue Townsend, who lost her home in the Tumbarumba fires, said survivors felt like they were in limbo.
The 2019-20 bushfires that killed 33 people and destroyed 3094 homes are expected to rank among the most damaging seasons since 1925, natural hazards research centre Risk Frontiers said.
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