are the australian fires the worst?
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From September 2019 until March 2020, when the final fire was extinguished, Australia had one of the worst bush fires in history. 2019 had been the hottest record year for Australia, with the bushfire season starting in June 2019.
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(CNN) The Australian state of New South Wales is officially free from bushfires for the first time in more than 240 days, according to the area's fire service. Months of devastating fires in Australia left at least 28 people dead, about 3,000 homes destroyed and up to a billion animals affected.
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Why are the fires so bad? Australia's deadly fires have been fuelled by a combination of extreme heat, prolonged drought and strong winds. The country is in the grip of a heatwave, with record-breaking temperatures over the last three months.
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Australian authorities have warned that massive bushfires raging in two states will continue to pose a threat, despite "catastrophic" conditions easing. About 150 fires are still burning in New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland, feeding off tinder-dry conditions. ... At one point, fires broke out in suburbs of Sydney.
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All Bushfires Extinguished In Australia's Hardest-Hit New South Wales, Officials Say It's the first time since July that the state has been fire-free. "That's more than 240 days of fire activity" across the country's most populous state, New South Wales Rural Fire Service said.
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New South Wales and Victoria have been worst affected Fires have raged near the Australian capital Canberra for weeks - at one stage shutting the city's airport as flames approached the perimeter. On Friday, the worst blaze was just south of the district of Tuggeranong, a 20-minute drive south of Parliament House.
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Australia's deadly fires have been fuelled by a combination of extreme heat, prolonged drought and strong winds. The country is in the grip of a heatwave, with record-breaking temperatures over the last three months. ... Authorities say that wind speeds have been recorded at 60 miles per hour.
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Australia's fires are 46% bigger than last year's Brazilian Amazon blazes. There are at least 2 months of fire season to go. ... Since September, bushfires have razed an estimated 25 million acres in Australia.
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Yes, Australia has always had bushfires: but 2019 is like nothing we've seen before. As the area burned across Australia this fire season pushes beyond five million hectares, an area larger than many countries, stories of destruction have become depressingly familiar.
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New South Wales and Victoria have been the worst hit states. In New South Wales, fire has affected about 12 and a half million acres. In Victoria, almost 3 million acres have been burned.
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Two Australian states have declared a state of emergency as bushfires bring a "catastrophic" threat to heavily populated areas of the nation's east. At least three people are dead and thousands have been displaced by three days of dangerous weather conditions in New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland.
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IFAW has deployed additional responders to provide emergency support to our Australia team already responding to the deadly bushfires in Australia. For the past three months, bushfires have ravaged across New South Wales and Queensland, forcing thousands to evacuate and decimating local wildlife populations.
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Dozens of fires erupted in New South Wales, Australia, prompting the government to declare a state of emergency in November 2019. Fires rapidly spread across all states to become some of the most devastating on record. An area about the size of South Korea, roughly 25.5 million acres, has burned.
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Australians are celebrating the arrival of much-needed rain in parts of the nation's bushfire-ravaged south-east. Though more wet weather is needed to end the fires, the rain has brought a welcome reprieve to many areas. Other parts, however, have not been as lucky.
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Fires rage near Australian capital The fire south of Canberra is still out of control and has already burned more than 20% of the territory's landscape. However, the fires did not reach the capital's southern suburbs. Hot and windy conditions are expected to last through the weekend.
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Australia fires burn through 15 million acres of land, kill at least 25 peopleThe fires in Australia's outback are even larger than the recent massive wildfires in California and the Amazon Rainforest, and shows how the effects of climate change reach all corners of the globe.
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Queensland, Tasmania, South Australia and Northern Territory While fires in other parts of the country are currently more severe, Queensland and other states have also been badly affected over the past several months. Fires in Queensland first began in September 2019.