As
a reminder, it was in October last year that Australia had its last
bushfire emergency – in the area surrounding Sydney.
Australian extreme weather - a background
A state of emergency was declared during a heat wave last October which sparked bushfires that affected the Blue Mountains and suburbs of Sydney
Victoria had devastating bushfires in 2009 with 179 killed - the
Black Saturday bushfires
And last summer Tasmania was devastated by fires
The
following picture captures the event
A history of bushfires in Australia is available HERE
The devastating floods in Queensland and New South Wales are a whole other story
What will they say about 2014?
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