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Date(s) | June 2016 – June 2017 |
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Location | Australia |
The summer of 2016–17 saw a very wet start with the fifth-wettest December[1] on record being 76 percent above the average rainfall for the month across much of the country. This caused a significant surge in vegetation growth leading into the fire danger period.
Significant fires
[edit]State | Start date | Deaths | Injuries | Res. houses lost | Other structures lost | Area (ha) | Local govt. | Impacted communities | Duration | Ref. |
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NSW | 11 February 2017 | 35 | 52,000+ ha | Warrumbungle | Uarbry | 3 days | [2] | |||
NSW | 17 February 2017 | 0 | 0 | 11 destroyed; 12 damaged. | 3,500 ha | Carwoola, Captains Flat | 2 days | [3] | ||
WA | 26 January 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Capel | Gwindinup Argyle | |||
WA | 21 December 2016 | 2,000 ha | Gingin Dandaragen | Mimegarra
Cataby Regans Ford Red Gully |
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NSW | 6,500 | Port Stephens | Port Stephens | [4] | ||||||
VIC | 5 Jan 2017 | 150 | Kellalac | [5] | ||||||
VIC | 24 Dec 2016 | 150 | Bridgewater | |||||||
ACT | 24 Jan 2017 | 2,450 | Tarago | [6] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Australia in December 2016". www.bom.gov.au. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- ^ "35 homes razed in NSW blazes: RFS". SBS News. SBS. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ^ Le Lievre, Kimberley; Groch, Sherryn; Brown, Andrew (18 February 2017). "Police investigate blaze near Queanbeyan as fire crews battle on". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ "Crews battle bushfires at Hunter's Port Stephens, Cessnock". ABC New. 2016-11-06. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- ^ Media, CFA. "Grassfire in Kellalac - CFA". CFA. Archived from the original on 2017-02-16. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- ^ Cootes, Georgina Mitchell, Charli Shield, Isobel (2017-01-29). "One home destroyed in Currandooley bushfire". The Wimmera Mail-Times. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
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