Australian wildfire: People evacuated as dozens of homes are destroyed - CBBC Newsround. To enjoy the CBBC Newsround website at its best you will need to have JavaScript turned on.
Hundreds of Australians have been evacuated as a bushfire near the city of Perth continues to grow and threaten communities. The blaze is the largest the city has seen in years and has burnt through 9,000 hectares - that's around the same area as 11,000 football pitches, It's already destroyed 71 homes and fire services were expecting further difficult conditions on Wednesday. Prepare your home for bushfire season - 5,8 (Geography)
What to take when evacuating due to a bushfire - 5,8 (Geography) Craig Reucassel: Five minutes, guys.
Five minutes. Locations that are at risk of bushfires - 5,8 (Geography) Craig Reucassel: G'day.
How the 2019 bushfires impacted a local community - 5,8 (Geography) Craig Reucassel: Built in 1933, Binna Burra Lodge was a draw card for bush walkers, artists and families who came here for the spectacular views and rainforest walks.
But in September 2019, the lodge together with 11 homes in the nearby community, were lost in the early spring fires. Craig Reucassel: Wow. You can see why they built it here, can't you? Lisa: Yeah. How hot do bushfires get? - 5,6,8 (Geography,Civics and citizenship,Science) Don: Each brigade would like more volunteers and it doesn't have to be frontline volunteers.
It could be support personnel, people that work on the radios, people that do logistics, people that do training, all those sorts of behind the scenes tasks. At least then that will release someone else to go on the front line. Don: Okay. If we had to, we could lift our collars up. Okay. Australian PlantBank collecting seeds of rare native plants to save them from bushfires and extinction. Scientists are racing against time to collect seeds from rare native plant species ahead of the next potentially calamitous* bushfire season.
During the “Black Summer,” heroic efforts were needed to prevent bushfires burning through the secret 2sq km area that’s home to the last remaining Wollemi pines. Fewer than 100 of these Jurassic-era* trees, which were only discovered in 1994, survive in the wild. But Dr Brett Summerell, chief botanist with Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens, said there were several plant species with even smaller numbers than the Wollemi pines that were facing even greater risks. University of Queensland study recommends 49 Australian animal species be put on threatened list after bushfires. Nearly 50 different types of native animals should be added to Australia’s threatened species list as a result of the 2019/20 bushfire season, according to new research.
A paper from University of Queensland scientists published in Nature Ecology and Evolution found that habitat areas of 832 different species burned in the bushfires, and 49 of those species should be investigated for possible addition to the threatened list. Three of the animals – the Kangaroo Island dunnart, the long-footed potoroo and Kate’s leaf-tailed gecko – had more than 80 per cent of their habitat burnt. A further 16 species had more than half their entire habitat area consumed by the fires. Under fire: The animals threatened by Australia’s bushfire crisis - Museums Victoria.
In snow-fed streams of the high country live ancient species of fish, many of which have only recently been described—and several of which are yet to be named.
Over coming weeks, however, ichthyologists fear some of those species could cease to exist. A relic of Gondwanaland, galaxias are only found in the Southern Hemisphere, the greatest diversity of which inhabit Australia. Until 2014, Mountain Galaxias were thought to be a single species of freshwater fish—Galaxias olidus—found across large swathes of south-eastern highlands. Then a man named Tarmo Raadik came along. Using DNA analysis of museum specimens, the fish ecologist discovered Mountain Galaxias were actually 15 different species. Bushfire royal commission hears that Black Summer smoke killed nearly 450 people - ABC News. Australia fires 2020: Life during and after the worst bushfires in history - CBBC Newsround. To enjoy the CBBC Newsround website at its best you will need to have JavaScript turned on.
If this video doesn't play, please click here Australia experienced the worst bushfire season ever in 2019-2020 with fires blazing for months in large parts of the country. Around 126,000 square kilometres of land and thousands of buildings were destroyed and at least 33 people died. Many animals were injured or killed because of the flames and the damage done to their habitat. Victoria and New South Wales were the worst affected and the situation was so bad that a state of emergency was declared in the capital city, Canberra. Clean drinking water: Fabric curtains and booms to trap ash and sediment after bushfires around Warragamba Dam. Sydney’s Warragamba Dam has been draped with fabric curtains to trap ash and sediment* expected to wash off bushfire-scorched slopes.
Two massive booms* support the curtains, which hold back ash that floats on the surface. The reservoir supplies water to more than five million people, holding 80 per cent of untreated drinking water for the Greater Sydney area in New South Wales. Remembering the WA bushfires of 1961 - Learn English - Education. In 1961, bushfires burned through parts of Western Australia, including the town of Dwellingup. This ABC News report shows how the local communities fought hard to control the fires, and to support each other. You can watch the video and read the transcript below. Listen for these words and phrases: Vastness Vastness means the quality of being extremely big. Australia's Devastating Bushfires Show No Signs Of Abating Kids News Article. Though bushfires are a common occurrence in Australia during the summer, they have never been as devastating or as widespread as the ones currently burning across the country.
Since September 2019, the blazes, fueled by dry foliage and strong winds, have scorched over 15.6 million acres (24,000 square miles) — an area larger than the state of West Virginia. Even worse, officials warn that Australia's wildfire season — which generally lasts through March — is nowhere near its end. What is a bushfire? What is a bushfire? Bushfires are fires that burn through areas of bushland. They are a type of wildfire – fires that burn through wild vegetation like woodland, scrubland, grassland or savannahs.
These fires are unpredictable and difficult to control. These fires are particularly common in areas that experience hot, dry weather, like Australia, Greece, Africa and parts of the USA, like California. Bushfires, Search the ABC. Sydney, Melbourne weather: Warnings on bushfires, damaging winds and rain 23/7/2019. There could hardly be a starker sign of just how topsy-turvy the winter weather is in parts of Australia. This morning, the Bureau of Meteorology issued a warning for bushfires in parts of New South Wales with July temperatures set to come close to the hottest ever. “As bizarre as it sounds midwinter — parts of NSW are likely to see elevated bushfire risk today,” the BOM tweeted this morning. We’re in for a “spell of unseasonable warmth” forecasters have warned.
Further south, however, a more average winter continues — although somewhat wild with gales and rain. Sky News Weather channel meteorologist Tom Saunders said a cold front had passed over the southern states on Monday, bringing 100km/h gusts. Climate change: Winter bushfire danger in NSW and NT as temps rise 23/7/2019. An uncanny mid-winter event has shocked the nation’s weather experts, with bushfire warnings in place in some regions as temperatures soar to the north. Strong winds and rising temperatures have brought on a severe fire danger warning to the Top End, while some areas of NSW’s Greater Hunter and North Coast could reach a Very High Fire Danger level. Parts of NSW are likely to see elevated bushfire risks on Tuesday, the Bureau of Meteorology warned.
On Monday, Dubbo was eight degrees above its July average, according to Weatherzone. Similarly, Bourke has felt at least five degrees above the month’s average daytime temperature the past two days, forecasters calculated. Grafton in the north has experienced more than a week of above July average daytime temperatures. Bushfire threat now a year-round situation in Australia, expert warns 29/8/2018. Updated about 2 hours agoWed 29 Aug 2018, 1:10am. Bushfire in Tathra wipes out 69 homes, residents still unable to return to NSW south coast town 19/03/2018.
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This post explores some of the most explosive fire related natural disasters in recent history. Fires Then and Now (Image via Top News) WA bushfire photos show Yarloop before and after blaze, NASA image shows WA bushfire burn scar 2016. Wildfires: How They Form, And Why They're So Dangerous. Fire-stick farming / Aboriginal fire management.
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