Fires in Australia are estimated to have burned 107,000 square kilometers, nearly the size of mainland Greece (132,049). 28 people died and more than a billion animals killed in wildfires that have been burning the country since autumn 2019.
Fires in Australia are estimated to have burned 107,000 square km, nearly the size of mainland Greece (132,049). 28 people died and more than a billion animals were killed in wildfires that have been burning the country since the autumn of 2019.
The map shows a three-dimensional representation of the locations most affected by the fires as NASA tracks them in satellite images. The highest column represents 18,424 fires covering an area of approximately 2,500 square km from October 1st, 2019 to January 6th, 2020. (Source)
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