A father and son who were battling flames for two days are the latest victims of the worst wildfire season in Australian history.
For the first time since 2010, the federal government is sending U.S. firefighters, including some from California, to help combat Australia’s wildfires.Defense Minister Linda Reynolds said it was the first time that reservists had been called up “in this way in living memory and, in fact, I believe for the first time in our nation’s history.”
The deadly wildfires, which have been raging since September, have already burned almost 12.5 million acres of land and destroyed more than 1,500 homes. The early and devastating start to Australia’s summer wildfire season has also been catastrophic for the country’s wildlife, likely killing nearly 500 million birds, reptiles and mammals in New South Wales alone, Sydney University ecologist Chris Dickman told the Sydney Morning Herald. Frogs, bats and insects are excluded from his estimate, making the toll on animals much greater.the unprecedented wildfires around the world worse.
Some residents yelled at the prime minister earlier in the week during a visit to New South Wales, where people were upset with the lack of fire equipment in their towns. After fielding criticism for taking a family vacation in Hawaii as the wildfire crisis unfolded in December, Morrison announced he was postponing visits to India and Japan later this month.
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