Australia Fires Map Today
The location of the icon shows where the fire has started but does not show how far it has spread.
Australia fires map today. Australias biggest fire occurred Dec 1974-Jan 1975 in western New South Wales and across the states and Northern Territory when 15 of. Map shows heat detected by a satellite at the bushfire northeast of Perth Western Australia at 2 am. NASA LANCE Fire Information for Resource Management System provides near real-time active fire data from MODIS and VIIRS to meet the needs of firefighters scientists and users interested in monitoring fires.
An early start to Australias wildfire summer season. Clarification 10th May 2021. The lighter-colored icons are the most recent.
Heatwave raises fire danger in Australian cities. In June 2019 the Queensland Fire and Emergency Service acting director warned of the potential for an early start to the bushfire season which normally starts in August. If you missed it earlier today we updated our ongoing interactive map showing the scale of the bushfires.
As temperatures continue to remain high parts of Australia are facing their worst fire risk in a year. City and a graphic incorrectly showed the size of the Amazon rainforest fires and the 2019 California fires. Myfirewatchlandgatewagovau NSW and Victoria two of Australias most-populous states are the worst hit by the wildfires.
In addition a map miscalculated the size of Australias wildfires compared to a US. AUSTRALIA has been battling its worst bushfire season since September with fires killing 29 people and destroying thousands of homes. The data displayed on the map can have up to a 5 minute delay.
The fires have killed at least 17 people including eight who have died since Monday and burned more than 10 million acres. For the first four months following designation a blue cross hatch area depicts new bush fire. Media caption Australia fires.