Wildfire Australia
2019–20 Australian Bushfire Season (Black Summer)
Unprecedented bushfires burned ~24 million hectares; an estimated 3 billion animals affected.
Background from Wikipedia
The 2019–20 Australian bushfire season, also known as the Black Summer, was one of the most intense and catastrophic fire seasons on record in Australia. Exceptionally dry conditions, a lack of soil moisture, and early fires in Central Queensland led to a premature start to the bushfire season from June 2019. Over ten thousand fires burnt, mainly in the south-east of the country, until March 2020. The most severe fires hit from December 2019 to January 2020.
From the Wikipedia article “2019–20 Australian bushfire season”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia's figures may differ from the sources cited on this page.
Satellite before and after
- Black Summer bushfires: Kangaroo Island, Australia, 2019–20 · compare NASA images from 14 Dec 2019 and 21 Jan 2020
Sources & references
Impact figures
| Fatalities | 34 |
|---|---|
| Economic damage | $75,000,000,000 (nominal) |
| Region | New South Wales and Victoria |
Figures per cited sources; estimates for older events vary.
Loading live data… · Marker positions are approximate; severity is labelled in each popup. Sources: USGS, GDACS, NASA EONET, NOAA/NWS, EMSC.