Current forest fires in Australia
16 January 2014
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Aqua satellite acquired this image of grass and shrub fires raging in Yumbarra Conservation Park on 16 January 2014. Red outlines indicate hot spots where MODIS detected unusually warm surface temperatures associated with fire. Northerly winds blew large plumes of smoke out over the Great Australian Bight.
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In January 2014, an intense heat wave and strong winds fueled an outbreak of hundreds of bushfires in South Australia. Members of the aboriginal community of Koonibba were preparing to evacuate as a large fire headed in the direction of the town, according to the Australian Broadcasting Company.
Recent Media Reports on Fires in Australia: Note: The hyperlinks on the left side of each news are password-protected (User ID and password to enter the GFMC database are available for partners of GFMC. To obtain the ID and password, please send your query to fire@fire.uni-freiburg.de). The links on the right side (in brackets) are leading to the original news source; sometimes these news are expiring rather swiftly – a reason for the establishment of the internal GFMC database):
- Australia: Victoria bakes: bushfires continue to burn out of control, Metro commuters urged to leave CBD early (published by www.au.news.yahoo.com 16 January 2014)
- Australia: Our deadly bushfire gamble: risk your life or bet your house (published by www.theconversation.com 14 January 2014)
- Australia: Australian heatwave and bushfire risk – experts respond (published by http://nz.news.yahoo.com 14 January 2014)
- Australia: Fire authorities urge Victorians to act early on high-risk days for bushfires (published by www.heraldsun.com.au 13 January 2014)
- Australia: Major Kansas wildfire destroys three homes (published by www.accuweather.com 13 January 2014)
- Australia: 44 homes lost in Perth Hills bushfire, man killed preparing for separate blaze (published by www.abc.net.au 13 January 2014)
- Australia: Slogans fall short for bushfire safety (published by www.theage.com.au 12 January 2014)
- Australia: Hovea man dies defending home from Perth hills bushfires (published by www.watoday.com.au 12 January 2014)
- Australia: Powerline fault detection system cuts bushfire risk (published by www.computerworld.com.au 10 January 2014)
- Australia: Fighting bushfires a major logistical feat for crews (published by www.baysidebulletin.com.au 09 January 2014)
- Australia: Former volunteer charged over blaze that destroyed historic building on Central Coast (published by www.perthnow.com.au 08 January 2014)
- Australia: Shift length: When less is more (published by www.bushfirecrc.com 07 January 2014)
- Australia: Woman burnt in yard fire (published by www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au 08 January 2014)
- Australia: Surviving bushfire season (published by www.stockjournal.com.au 07 January 2014)
- Australia: Firefighter injured, property lost in highway blaze (published by www.canberratimes.com.au 06 January 2014)
- Australia: Fire destroys Argentine nature reserve (published by http://news.ninemsn.com.au 05 January 2014)
- Australia: Smoke haze blankets Perth and large part of Western Australia (published by www.abc.net.au 05 January 2014)
- Australia: How Australia’s hottest year on record unfolded (published by http://au.news.yahoo.com 04 January 2014)
- Australia: Fire cuts power on North Stradbroke Island as blaze expected to burn for days (published by www.theaustralian.com.au 04 January 2014)
- Australia: Australia swelters after record hot 2013; farmers slaughter cattle, bushfire warning (published by http://in.reuters.com 03 January 2014)
- Australia: Hundreds Flee After Lightning Starts Bushfire (published by http://news.sky.com 02 January 2014)
- Australia: The illusory calm of Australia’s deadly ocean currents (published by www.bbc.co.uk 02 January 2014)
- Australia: Straddie camper evacuation completed (published by www.baysidebulletin.com.au 01 January 2014)
More reports see GFMC Media page: https://gfmc.online/media-highlights-on-fire-policies-and-politics.html
