Fires in Australia
Fires in Australia
25 February 2009
Australia braces for more bush fires. With temperatures already rising into the mid 30s Celsius (95F) across parts of Victoria, bushfires have flared up again and are being fanned by strong winds. This MTSAT satellite image taken at 0730 UTC on February 24 shows some smoke from the fires blowing northeast and also east over Tasman Sea.
IMAGE D6140: MTSAT <> Image Type=combined <> 2/24/2009 07:30 UTC.
source: www.osei.noaa.gov
The current situation in Australia is covered by a number of detailed reports (see GFMC Media web page):
- Princes pay tribute to bushfire victims (published by www.theage.com.au, 25 February 2009)
- Australian bush fires: Victorians warned threat could remain until April (published by www.telegraph.co.uk, 24 February 2009)
- More Than 100 People Flee New Australian Bushfires (published by planetark.org, 24 February 2009)
- Residents flee as Australian bushfires return (published by www.timesonline.co.uk, 24 February 2009)
- NASA images reveal extent of Australian bushfire destruction (published by www.thetechherald.com, 23 February 2009)
- Bushfire relief burning hole in budget surplus (published by business.theage.com.au, 23 February 2009)
- From the ashes (published by www.theage.com.au, 23 February 2009)
- Australian mourns bushfires dead (published by news.smh.com.au, 22 February 2009)
- Princess Anne in bushfire tribute (published by news.bbc.co.uk, 22 February 2009)
- Bushfire research results ‘academic waffle’ (published by www.canberratimes.com.au, 21 February 2009)
- Power lines caused bushfire (published by www.watoday.com.au, 21 February 2009)
- Australia wants to fast-track fire-safe cigarettes (published by www.google.com, 20 February 2009)
- The fires of climate change (published by www.abc.net.au, 20 February 2009)
- We could have saved bushfire lives, frustrated MFB member says (published by www.theage.com.au, 20 February 2009)
- Accused fraudster ‘pretended relative killed in bushfires (published by www.abc.net.au, 20 February 2009)
- Nothing could have been done about the bushfires? Don’t believe it (published by www.livenews.com.au, 20 February 2009)
Further Information on the Fire Situation in Australia:
SA Country Fire Service http://www.cfs.org.au/ NSW Rural Fire Service http://www.rfs.nsw.gov.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/ Further Information Australian and New Zealand links Background information Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
