NSW, Australia bushfires: This may be the first pyrocumulonimbus (Pyro CB) of the 2023/24 summer wildfire season in Australia. Remember when these fire thunderstorms were rare events? They have become more common with the #ClimateCrisis

"A fire generated thunderstorm (pyro-cumulonimbus) has formed over the Glens Creek Rd Fire, Nymboida, 30km south west of Grafton. As a result, there is a potential for escalation in fire behaviour, with erratic winds, dry lightning and significantly faster fire spread."
#wildfire #bushfire #PyroCB

Report by NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) on X

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/

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

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