Photos of Australia's Raging Bushfires

[douglas9]

Southeast Australia’s recent extreme weather conditions—record-setting heat and powerful winds—have spawned more than 100 bushfires. These fires recently drove thousands of tourists and locals, cut off from overland escape routes, to seek shelter on nearby beaches. Heavy smoke has reddened skies across Australia’s two most populous states, as hundreds of firefighters battle the blazes. Below, a recent look at the nightmarish conditions across the region.

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https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/12/photos-of-australias-raging-bushfires/604300/

[madaboutharry]

1. It is so tragic that there are still people who refuse to face the facts of climate change.

What is even more tragic is that some of those people have the power to set policy. The Australians have been warning us for some time what is to come. Sadly, their beautiful country is the canary in the coal mine.

[Farmer-Rick]

2. And it will keep on going because the Australian PM is a climate denier

So sad to see all that damage and death yet know nothing will be done to prevent future occurances.