Why Australian wildfires that have been burning for almost 4 months cannot belike Extinguished as before?
According to the British "Telegraph" report, although Australia is nostranger to wildfire disasters, the scale and intensity of
wildfires have never been seen since September 2019. What harm canwildfires cause
so far ? Wildfires in Australia have killed at least 24 people,including three firefighters in New South Wales. In addition, wildfires havedestroyed more than 6.3 million hectares of land.
In the worst-hit state of New South Wales, the fire destroyed nearly 5 millionhectares of land, destroyed more than 1,300 houses, and forced thousands ofpeople to leave their homes. On January 6, local time, there were stillabout 130 mountain fires burning in New South Wales.
On January 6, local time, the Sydney Herald Morning News, a map of weatherchanges was shared. / Twitter screenshot
In addition to the severe disaster in New South Wales, wildfires in Victoriahave been raging since late November 2019, burning more than 800,000 hectaresof land. The state's worst-hit area has declared a state of emergency, andauthorities have forcibly evacuated residents.
According to satellite images on January 4, mountain fires in New South Walesand Victoria caused heavy smoke to spread, affecting New Zealand's air quality.
On January 6, it finally rained on the east coast of Australia and thetemperature began to drop.
"The rain gave thousands of firefighters and volunteers a chance tobreathe," the BBC said. But Australian authorities have warned thatthe fire will last for several days.
International students: Sydney Sun becomes "red sun"
Xiao Qiang (pseudonym), a foreign student at the University of New South Wales,said: "I think the air quality in Sydney is so bad that I do n
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