Published: February 09, 2020
Australians take pride in winning against the odds but we have to move quickly to slow global warming and the extreme weather it creates
”Unprecedented” is the word that keeps being tied to the apocalyptic weather Australia has faced over the past few months.
Bushfires have always been a reality in Australia, but never recorded on this scale with such widespread damage. It’s estimated that more than 60,000 sq km have been scorched in New South Wales and Victoria alone. Days of smoke have shrouded Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne. And after the fires, flooding at the weekend in NSW and parts of Queensland left thousands without power and dozens of schools closed on Monday.
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