Four unaccounted for in Victoria after East Gippsland fires claim homes in Buchan, Sarsfield and Mallacoota, and reports of up to 50 properties lost in Conjola Park in New South Wales. Follow live news and latest updates• Are you affected by the bushfires?• How big are the fires burning in eastern Australia? Interactive map 1.53am GMT And for an idea of some of that – here is a satellite representation of what happened in eastern Victoria over the last few days:Eastern Victoria 28 Dec ’19->1 Jan 2020. An indicative @carto visualisation of fire spread using 250,000 satellite data points since 28th Dec. We wish everyone the best around Australia who are facing a bleak start to 2020.Source: @noaa @nasa#vicFires #NSWfires #AustralianFires pic.twitter.com/fKuc6piqFs 1.52am GMT So there you have it – a unique and complex set of circumstances in Victoria – people isolated in the middle of fire grounds, people displaced by the fire and unable to return to their communities, and existing fires joining up to create bigger fires. Firefighters being brought in by air.Five Australian states have been impacted by this fire season. It’s not like the previous fire seasons which have scarred the landscape and the nation’s consciousness – fast moving fires which devastated one particular area – this is hitting everything at once. Continue reading…
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