It is often said that bushfires are a fact of life in Australia. While Australian communities will always be affected by the impacts of bushfires, there is an element of human involvement that makes at least some bushfires avoidable. In Australia more bushfires are started by deliberate ...
Bushfires are currently burning in Australian states includingVictoria,Tasmania,Western AustraliaandSouth Australia. In some areas, fire authorities have warned residents about the presence of smoke. Ad Bushfire smokeis harmful to our health. Tiny particles of ash can lodge deep in the lungs. Exposu...
Australia’s Black Summer Bushfires in 2019-2020 took a terrible toll in terms of lives and livelihoods. 33 people were killed. The fires burned more than 3,000 houses and 17 million hectares of land, and also caused the death of over one billion animals. Many communities lost all power ...
Samantha Gash is an ultramarathoner with an intense training schedule — but, in the last few months, she’s had some serious disruptions to her runs. Gash lives in Melbourne, Australia, and has seen the effects of the continent-wide fire crisis firsthand. So far, the bushfires have kill...
Australia is currently being ravaged by bushfires, once again. Donate to these organizations that are working to help victims and put out the fires.
two days in a row Australia’s bushfires have been fuelled by lack of rain, strong winds, and record-breaking heat, turning this fire season into Australia’s worst on record. Though the country experiences some bushfires every year, these conditions brought about by climate change have ...
Devastating bushfires have been spreading across Australia for months, and they show no signs of slowing down. Millions of acres have burned, destroying about 2,000 homes and killing at least 25 people. It is estimated that more than half a billion wild animals have perished in the flames ...
Many of us will be exposed to a disaster in our lifetime. In the past two years alone, Australians have lived through bushfires, floods, cyclones, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
On 1 January, the air in Canberra was the worst of any city in the world. With unprecedented bush fires raging nearby, a thick blanket of smoke smothered Australia’s capital for weeks, sending a surge of residents to the hospital with breathing problems. The toxic haze got so bad that ...
"[The bushfires] have given us the best opportunity we've ever had to do something really good with travel," says Duffy. Community Spirit As if the coronavirus and trade dispute with China weren't enough to deal with in 2020, hundreds of Australia's winemakers were also faced with abandon...