This Australian fire season has already left at least 20 people dead, thousands of homes destroyed and millions of animals killed—and the blazes could continue for months
At least 20 people are dead, thousands of homes have been destroyed and millions of animals killed—and blazes could continue for months
Dramatic footage shows firefighters driving through blazes in Australia. As emergency services tackle the country’s wildfires, vulnerabilities in the global firefighting network have emerged. Photo: State of Victoria/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesThe human, environmental and economic toll of Australia’s devastating wildfires is mounting each day, but the country has barely begun to grasp the total cost of the “unprecedented” blazes and how it will change the way people live.
Igniting two months earlier than the usual start of the Australian fire season, the flames have torn through an area about the size of West Virginia—killing at least 20 people, shrouding cities in choking haze and stretching firefighters to a breaking point.
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