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1/3 Early Fire season start this weekend in SE #Queensland.

#ClimateCrisis driving earlier fire seasons, more intense fire weather.

Key Points:
🔥 BOM says conditions ripe for high fire danger
🔥 Meteorologists warn people must take precautions
🔥 Australia's worst recorded #bushfire season of 2019-2020 sparked on Queensland's Granite Belt in Sep 2019, burnt for months #Wildfire

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-18/queensland-fire-warnings-firefighters-prepare-for-global-meeting/102743210

BOM warns of potential early start to fire season in south-east Queensland, with winds combining with dry conditions this weekend

The weather bureau is warning of the potential for an early start to the fire season in south-east and central Queensland, with this coming weekend posing a risk.
George Roberts (ABC News)
#climatecrisis #queensland #wildfire #bushfire
John Englart
2/3 Is #Australia prepared for #wildfire emergency this summer?

🔥 How prepared are we for the coming fire season?

👩‍🚒 Fire scientist David Bowman thinks we are sleepwalking into disaster.

🚒 How much did we learn from 2019/20 catastrophic #bushfires?

#Bushfire #ClimateEmergency #ClimateAdaptation

https://theconversation.com/australia-is-sleepwalking-a-bushfire-scientist-explains-what-the-hawaii-tragedy-means-for-our-flammable-continent-211364

'Australia is sleepwalking': a bushfire scientist explains what the Hawaii tragedy means for our flammable continent

As I hear reports of the fire tearing through Maui, I feel utterly depressed. As a fire scientist, I know the unfolding horror is just the beginning in our warmer world.
The Conversation
#climateemergency #Australia #wildfire #bushfire #bushfires #climateadaptation

Matthew Rimmer hat dies geteilt

John Englart
3/3 The Climate Council warned in Feb 2023 that #Australia was a Powderkeg, primed to burn.

Do we have the air tankers in place? Are the CFA/SES and other specialist fire fighting and emergency services being adequately resourced?
#Bushfires #Bushfire #Wildfire #ClimateCrisis
https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/powder-keg-australia-primed-to-burn/

Powder Keg: Australia Primed to Burn | Climate Council

Australia has long been referred to as a land of "drought and flooding rains”, prone to bushfires as well as intense rainfall events.
Climate Council
#climatecrisis #Australia #wildfire #bushfire #bushfires

Matthew Rimmer hat dies geteilt

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