Around 480 million animals are feared to have died in the bushfires sweeping Australia, including nearly a third of the koalas in New South Wales's main habitat.
Ecologists at the University of Sydney estimate around 480 million mammals, birds and reptiles have been killed, directly or indirectly, by the devastating blazes since they began in September, The Times reported.
This includes almost 8,000 koalas, which are believed to have burnt to death on the state’s mid-north coast.
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More than 100 fires continue to rage across the country, having so far consumed more than five million hectares of land.
- UK Evening Standard (28 Dec 2019)
Bushfire conditions set to worsen as heatwave looms
A heatwave is forecast to hit bushfire-affected parts of Australia, and the high temperatures combined with strong winds could be deadly.|
Firefighters across Australia are “giving their all” to contain large and complex bushfires, as the country braces for conditions to worsen amid forecast high temperatures and dry winds.
The Bureau of Meteorology expects the fire danger to intensify into the new week amid increasing heat and winds.
News.com.au (28 Dec 2019)
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