Australia's biggest general insurer, IAG, has identified the Blue Mountains local government area as the region in NSW with the most property at risk from bushfires | p_hannam
Australia's biggest general insurer, IAG, has identified the Blue Mountains local government area as the region in NSW with the most property at risk from bushfires.
The next most at-risk regions in NSW were the Central Coast, Sutherland Shire, Wollongong and Wollondilly."Bushfire risk is increasing across the country mainly due to higher temperatures coupled with lower humidity and higher evaporation rates," Mr Leplastrier said. Recent wet weather does not mean this season's fire risks have been eliminated. "It may have been headed off, but it's still there," Mr Leplastrier said.
Ian Brown, one of the members of the Independent Bushfire Group responsible for the 179-page report, said many issues "were not getting talked about", even at the bushfire Royal Commission. The report comes as the Berejiklian government prepares to release the results of the NSW Bushfire Inquiry report, possibly within days.
"Analysis of vegetation across the landscape shows that the North Coast region has only 33 per cent of 'treatable' vegetation [or planned burns]," the report said. For the Sydney Basin, the share is about two-thirds, and just under half for the South Coast and Tablelands.
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