This Friday, the east coast of Australia is once again affected by a wave of forest fires, and authorities have reported this week the death of two people and the destruction of more than 30 homes.
One of the main areas of concern is the town of Lake Moondarra, an arid and remote area more than 1,800 kilometers northwest of Brisbane, where the flames are out of control.
“Abandon [a zona] immediately. “His life could be at risk,” the Fire and Emergency Service of the state of Queensland, in northeastern Australia, warned today.
Another area of major concern is Tara, about 300 kilometers west of Brisbane, where a “fast-spreading fire” is expected to hit a street in the rural town “very soon”, according to another “immediate” evacuation notice issued. today by the Fire Service.
Two people, a man and a woman, died after the fires in Tara, where most of the approximately 30 houses destroyed by the flames are accounted for.
Dozens of other fires continue to burn in Queensland.
In neighboring New South Wales, the country’s most populous state, there are 110 active bushfires, 58 of which are out of control.
Australia, whose wildfire season normally begins on the east coast in November, will face drier than usual weather this year due to El Niño, a natural phenomenon caused by currents in the Pacific Ocean that, fueled by global warming, could cause devastating catastrophes.
Between 2019 and 2020, the country recorded 33 deaths due to a heat wave that caused dozens of wildfires that burned around 24 million hectares (equivalent to almost the size of the United Kingdom) and affected around three billion animals. on the east coast. from the country.
Source: TSF
