are the fires over in australia?
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Now, all bushfires in the state have been extinguished. "For the first time since early July 2019, there is currently no active bush or grass fires in #NSW," tweeted New South Wales Rural Fire Service. "That's more than 240 days of fire activity for the state."
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In what has been a very traumatic, exhausting and anxious bush fire season so far, for the first time this season all bush and grass fires in NSW are now contained. The announcement comes after months of fires in Australia left at least 28 people dead, about 3,000 homes destroyed and up to 1 billion animals affected.
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The forest fires in Australia that have been raging for more than four months, show no signs of ebbing. ... The fires seem to be both a natural disaster and man-made calamity. But if extreme weather is counted as being the result of human activities as well, the fires can be seen as purely a man-made disaster.
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September 2019 to March 2020 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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The New Zealand Government is sending a further 22 firefighters to help fight the Australian fires. ... They'll leave for Australia on 8 January. Since late October 2019, 157 New Zealanders have been deployed to assist with the Australia bush fires.
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Bushfires reach Melbourne as heatwave fans Australia blazes. ... Authorities in the country's second-biggest city downgraded an earlier bushfire emergency warning but said residents should steer clear of the blaze, which has burned through 40 hectares (nearly 100 acres) of grassland.
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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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As of Saturday evening, there are no fires burning in the ACT. ... But authorities are concerned that new fires started by dry lightning strikes or arson could quickly become difficult to control. Follow our live blog for updates on bushfires and evacuations.
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There are currently no fires in the Northern Territory, where Uluru is, but there are some fires in Tasmania and in Western Australia, where Perth is, but all three areas are still considered largely safe. The Springs Ran Dry. Then This Australian Town Burned.
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Bushfires and grassfires are common throughout Australia. ... Bushfires are an intrinsic part of Australia's environment. Natural ecosystems have evolved with fire, and the landscape, along with its biological diversity, has been shaped by both historic and recent fires.
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1) The fires ignited amid a record-breaking heat wave The fires are concentrated along Australia's southeast coast, in the states of New South Wales and Victoria. The southeast is the most severely affected, but fires have also hit every Australian state and territory this season.
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Re: Great Ocean Road- any fires? Yes it is. No fires there. Or on Phillip Island, in the Yarra Valley or on the Mornington Peninsula or in Melbourne city.
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Australia fires: Sea of fire races across field near Adelaide. As Australia's bushfires rage on, firefighters in South Australia are now battling flames near the city of Adelaide which are creating a smoky haze blanketing the region.
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3) The bigger trend: Australia's fire season is getting longer and more dangerous. ... “There has been a long-term increase in extreme fire weather, and in the length of the fire season, across large parts of Australia,” according to the climate report. These fires may not be 100 percent attributable to climate change.
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The loss, and the blazes in the surrounding rain forests, alarmed scientists, who said that such fires were extremely rare in the usually cool and wet area. The fires have burned across the country in recent months, affecting four out of six states. Australia's east coast has been hardest hit.
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Though rain brought some much-needed relief to Australia's east coast Monday, officials say the wildfire risk remains high, with forecasts showing that conditions will likely dry out and temperatures will creep up again later this week, adding fuel to more than 130 fires that are burning around the country.
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With officials in New South Wales announcing Thursday that heavy rain had helped them finally extinguish or control all the state's fires that have raged this Australian summer, the country seems to be reflecting and wondering what comes next. Burned bush land on the outskirts of Bredbo, Australia, this month.