29 (Xinhua) -- A quarter of people impacted by Victoria's deadly 2009 Black Saturday bushfires are suffering from serious mental health issues, a report has found. The fires left 173 people killed and 414 others injured as up to 400 individual fires burned over one million acres of ...
Bushfires are disasters that occur each year in many parts of the world. The worst bushfires usually involve eucalypt trees,【1】leaves burn easily. A eucalypt tree can explode in【2】ball of fire. Therefore, eucalypt forest fires can be extremely violent. ...
The date, 7 February 2009, will be known forever in Victoria, Australia as "Black Saturday". In the worst bushfires in Australian history, 173 lives were lost. Townships were razed. Over 1800 homes were destroyed, resulting in > 7000 people being made homeless. The provision of health ...
In fact thousands of holidaymakers have been forced to take shelter on beaches in southern NSW and Victoria as catastrophic fires ripped through coastal towns. Bushfires in five Australian states have escalated, with the death toll for the fire season rising to at least 17. A State of Alert h...
In fact thousands of holidaymakers have been forced to take shelter on beaches in southern NSW and Victoria as catastrophic fires ripped through coastal towns. Bushfires in five Australian states have escalated, with the death toll for the fire season rising to at least 17. A State of Alert ...
Grim Warning on Bushfires; Queensland Experiences Worst Bushfire Conditions in Years as Officials Warn Residents to Be on GuardGympie Times, The Qld
THICK SMOKE blanketed the Australian capital, Canberra, yesterday and a layer of ash coated the white Parliament building after forest fires raced into the city, killing four people and destroying 400 homes.Kathy Marks in Melbourne
But fish aren’t the only victims of Australia’s extreme weather. In the Northern Territory, the bodies of dozens of wild horses were found strewn along a dried-up water hole. In Victoria, more than 2000 flying foxes died due to heat stress in what local media described as a “nightmare...
Wineries and vineyards in Yarra Valley, around King Valley, Alpine Valley, Beechworth, Milawa, Glenrowan and even up to Rutherglen, suffered damage from the bushfires and possible smoke taint in Victoria in February. The degree of damage is still being investigated, but thanks to companies like...