Wildfires - Black saturday
- Created by: ToriWithington
- Created on: 18-05-14 17:17
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- Black Saturday - Victoria, Australia.
- 2009
- Up to 47 degrees
- Drought
- Open fires were banned
- North westerly wind
- No moisture
- 100kmp wind speed
- 25 miles ahead of fire
- 500,000 hectares of forests destroyed
- Smoke causes air pollution to rise by 300%
- Drinking water polluted
- Crops destroyed
- Tourism trade disrupted
- Death, injury and homelessness
- Breathing problems
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