Australia fires: Blood-red skies over NSW after 'one of worst days ever'

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/australia-fires-fire-map-5-questions-answered-how-many-hectares-have-burnt-where-are-the-fires-burning/



https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/causes-disaster-relief/australia-fires-blood-red-skies-over-nsw-after-one-of-worst-days-ever/ar-BBYCANx?ocid=wispr

By Hilary Whiteman and Adam Renton, CNN
Dec. 5, 2019

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A total of 146 fires are burning across the state, with 65 uncontained, according to the NSW Rural Fire Service (NSWRFS). About 2,700 firefighters were tackling the blazes on Sunday. [And there are other states with fires.]

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In the neighboring state of Victoria, three fires have combined to form a single blaze bigger than the New York borough of Manhattan. The fires joined overnight Friday in the Omeo region, creating a 6,000-hectare (23 square mile) blaze, according to Gippsland's Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning.

The country's capital, Canberra, smashed its heat record of 80 years, reaching 44 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit) on Saturday afternoon, according to the country's Bureau of Meteorology. In the western Sydney suburb of Penrith, the mercury climbed to 48.9 degrees Celsius (120 degrees Fahrenheit) -- setting a new record for the whole Sydney basin.

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/04/australia/australia-red-sky-fires-intl-hnk-scli/index.html

By Hilary Whiteman and Adam Renton, CNN
Updated 5:46 AM ET, Sun January 5, 2020

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in the state of New South Wales...

A total of 146 fires are burning across the state, with 65 uncontained, according to the NSW Rural Fire Service (NSWRFS). About 2,700 firefighters were tackling the blazes on Sunday.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Australian_bushfire_season

The 2019–20 Australian bushfire season are a series of wildfires that are currently burning predominantly in south-east Australia, which is currently undergoing its annual bushfire season stretching from December to March. Of notable intensity compared to previous seasons, it has burned an estimated 6.3 million hectares (16 million acres; 63,000 square kilometres; 24,000 square miles), destroyed over 2,500 buildings (including over 1,300 houses) and killed 25 people as of 5 January 2020, with a further six missing in the state of Victoria.[5][6][7][8][9][10] The bushfires are regarded by some as one of the worst bushfire seasons in memory.[11] In December 2019, the New South Wales Government declared a state of emergency in New South Wales after record-breaking temperatures and prolonged drought exacerbated the bushfires.[12][13] It was estimated that close to half a billion animals were impacted by the ongoing fires.

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tags: severe weather, extreme weather