Australia Fires 2019 Map
Australias annual bush fire season officially begins.
Australia fires 2019 map. The season started in early November 2019 in New South Wales and gradually progressed in Victoria. A prolonged drought that began in 2017 made this years bushfire season more devastating than ever. During the 201920 bushfire season the southern and eastern parts of Australia experienced multiple large-scale and intense fires.
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. The fires created unprecedented damage destroying more than 14 million acres of land and killing more than 20 people and an estimated 1 billion animals. NRT VIIRS 375m Active Fire product from NOAA and NASA High Low 250 Km 65000 New displacements during the.
Australias deadliest bushfire disaster was Black Saturday in February 2009 when some. Fire data is available for download or can be viewed through a map. 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.
The designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by IDMC. The 2019-20 fires followed several years of drought. The 2019-2020 season has been one of the worst fire seasons on record.
MyFireWatch map symbology has been updated. The number of people killed as a result of the fires since September 2019 is higher than in recent years. Australia Fires Map.
Smoke from Australias fires is reaching New Zealand. Map of multiple. The 2019-20 bushfires in New South Wales NSW have been unprecedented in their extent and intensity.