How the 2019 Australian bushfire season compares to other fire disasters
The massive scale of the current bushfire crisis has shocked Australians but there’s another reason why these fires are different.
Charis Chang@CharisChang2
news.com.auJanuary 8, 20203:06pm
The massive bushfires sweeping across the country have shocked Australians in their size and ferociousness.
Since the start of the 2019 fire season, a staggering 10 million hectares has been burned, with all states and territories impacted except the ACT.
To put this into perspective, in NSW alone, almost 5 million hectares have been burned, which covers an area larger than the Netherlands.
In total, the area burned is almost the size of England, which is 13 million hectares.
https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/how-the-2019-australian-bushfire-season-compares-to-other-fire-disasters/news-story/7924ce9c58b5d2f435d0ed73ffe34174
