Fires in Victoria, Australia
Fires in Australia
13 December 2006
Fires in Victoria
A river of smoke more than 250 kilometers wide flowed northwest across theVictoria-New South Wales border on December 12, 2006, when the ModerateResolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Terra satellite passed over headand captured this image. Bushfires had been burning in the Great Dividing RangeMountains for nearly two weeks. Places where MODIS detected actively burningfire on this day are outlined in red. Its likely that additional fires thatcouldnt be detected through the very thick smoke were burning in the areaeast of Lake Eildon. According to news reports, army bulldozers were arriving inthe area to construct fire breaks in the watershed area north of Lake Thomson,which provides a significant portion of Melbournes water supply.
TERRA
12 December 2006 
The high-resolution image provided above has a spatial resolution of 250 meters perpixel.
(source: EarthObservatory).
The current situation in Australia is covered by a number of detailedreports (see GFMC Media web page):
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Bushfire situation worsens in Australia (published by www.radionz.co.nz, 13 December 2006)
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Fire moves closer to Tas east coast town (published by www.abc.net.au, 13 December 2006)
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Empty forests blamed for crisis (published by www.theaustralian.news.com.au, 13 December 2006)
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Logging would cut bushfire risk: Abetz (published by news.ninemsn.com.au, 13 December 2006)
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Three states fire alert – charges laid, firefighter has heart attack (published by batemansbay.yourguide.com.au, 13 December 2006)
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Asian haze impacts on Australian rainfall (published by www.itwire.com.au, 12 December 2006)
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Homes hit by Australia bush fires (published by news.bbc.co.uk, 12 December 2006)
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Town in shock after Tas homes lost (published by www.abc.net.au, 12 December 2006)
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Long hours for NZ firefighters in Victoria (published by www.newstalkzb.co.nz, 12 December 2006)
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Hills fire contained after home destroyed (published by www.thewest.com.au, 12 December 2006)
Further Information on the Fire Situation in Australia:
SA Country Fire Service http://www.cfs.org.au/ Near-Real Time Wildland Fire Monitoring https://gfmc.online/current/au_ciro.htm Current weather situation, forecasts, fireweather http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/tas/ More Information on Australian Fires IFFN country notes Further Information Australian and New Zealand links. Background information Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
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