What Australia's devastating fires look like on the ground

[Javaman]

https://www.vox.com/world/2020/1/2/21046526/bush-fires-in-australia-now-photos-heat-red-sky-animals

Severe drought, record heat, and strong winds are fueling deadly blazes across Australia, with no end in sight. The smoke from the raging bushfires has bathed many major cities in an eerie orange glow and created apocalyptic scenes of destruction across the continent.

The fires have already torched 13.5 million acres, an area larger than Vermont and New Hampshire combined. Since September, the bushfires have destroyed more than 900 homes, decimated small towns, and killed more than 480 million animals and at least 17 people. The smoke from the fires made breathing the air in cities like Sydney as bad as smoking 37 cigarettes.

Australia’s military was deployed this week to rescue thousands of people in coastal vacation towns trapped by fast-moving flames. Forecasters warn that the flames could spread even further this weekend as more high temperatures and fast winds sweep the country. (At the bottom of this story, find links on how you can help Australia.)

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this is just so incredibly heart breaking.

[Farmer-Rick]

1. Coming to a place near you.

[Javaman]

2. already here. I live in Texas. :( nt