Conditions in parts of Victoria are similar to the Black Summer of 2019-20, as Australians are warned to prepare for an above-average bushfire season.
Australia is facing a dangerous bushfire season – with conditions similar to Black Summer in western Victoria – but dry soil levels and increased rainfall could combine to bring both bushfires and flash flooding across large parts of the country.
West of the Great Dividing Range, increased grass growth has created ripe conditions for fast-moving grass fires, the authority said. The central north and central south of NSW are at particular risk. “We are expecting hot weather ... but interestingly, as we are seeing changes in climate, climatic drivers, we’re also seeing greater chances of wet rain events.”and hot, dry conditions, 24.3 million hectares were burnt and 34 people died. Another 443 people died from smoke inhalation and other bushfire-related causes.
The lower southeast of South Australia is at heightened risk of bushfires this summer, as is a vast stretch of the Northern Territory, including Alice Springs. It shows the world is currently on track for between 2.6 and 3.1 degrees of warming by the end of this century, as global greenhouse gas emissions and fossil fuels use continue to rise.
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