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FIGHTING THE FLAMES: Fire crews north of the city of Perth on Thursday. Photo: Western Australia Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES)/AFP Photo: HANDOUT / AFP / NTB Photo: HANDOUT / AFP / NTB
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FIGHTING THE FLAMES: Fire crews north of the city of Perth on Thursday. Photo: Western Australia Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES)/AFP
In the Australian state of Western Australia, the bushfire season has arrived earlier than usual. The weather phenomenon El Niño is creating fears of a repeat of the horror year 2019.
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Temperatures of below 40 degrees made the job difficult for the fire crews who have been fighting the flames north of the big city of Perth in western Australia.
The area has recently been characterized by a strong heat wave, with temperatures of around 40 degrees.
– The conditions that facilitate forest fires have arrived around five to eight weeks before they usually arrive. The bushfire season has arrived much earlier in Western Australia this year, state fire chief Darren Klemm said ABC News early November.
Over 90 per cent of the state’s area is exposed to forest fires, according to the authorities.
EVACUATING: Residents of the town of Kwinana were evacuated on Wednesday. Photo: STRINGER / AFP / NTB
A total of 18 families have lost their homes to the flames in small towns and suburbs around Perth. The city is the largest in western Australia, and has around two million inhabitants.
– There was so much wind that the sparks came sideways over fences and into backyards, says Chris Malkowski in the suburb of Tapping to the Guardian.
– The whole road was covered in smoke. All the neighbours’ garden hoses were in operation, and every time a spark landed we had to start and put it out, he continues.
Sarah Kilian, who lives in a nearby neighborhood, tells the Guardian that she too chose to stay behind to try to save her home from the flames.
– Two massive fires came down the road, and there was smoke everywhere.
Around the turn of the year between 2019 and 2020 created enormous bushfires in Australia headlines around the worldespecially because of the wildlife that was destroyed.
Ahead of this year’s bushfire season, which is already underway in the north of the country, the Australian population has been warned that the situation could repeat itself – or get worse.
The reason is the weather phenomenon El Niño, which, on top of existing climate changes, has had serious consequences for people in several places around the world.
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Published: 27.11.23 at 01:47
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