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Temperature graph for Melbourne during the peak of the heatwave. A week before the fires, a significant heatwave affected southeastern Australia. From 28 to 30 January, Melbourne broke temperature records by experiencing three consecutive days above 43 °C (109 °F), with the temperature peaking at 45.1 °C (113.2 °F) on 30 January, the third hottest day in the city's history.
1942 - Western Victoria (20 deaths) 1905 - 1 December (12 deaths) 1898 - 1 February "Red Tuesday" (12 deaths) 1851 - 6 February "Black Thursday" (12 deaths) 1943 - 22 December (10 deaths) 1952 - January - March, Central Victoria (10 deaths) 1977 - 12 February, Western Victoria (8 deaths) 1965 - 17 January (7 deaths) Longwood, Northern Victoria
Throughout mid-2009, the Victorian State Government has warned that the 2009–10 season has the potential to be "worse" than the 2008–09 season, however opponents suggest that this coming season has the same potential risk as several of the preceding seasons, but that increased awareness of the future bushfire season in general is a positive thing.
The 2,000-acre 687 Reamer Fire was 10% contained. ... —indicating dangerously dry and windy weather—until 9 p.m. Sunday for ... destroyed by the Smokehouse Creek Fire in Canadian, Texas, on ...
The Black Saturday bushfires were a series of fires that ignited across the Australian state of Victoria during extreme weather conditions on 7 February 2009. Burning around 450,000 ha for over a month, the fires destroyed over 2,100 homes, destroyed several regional towns and were fought by over 5,000 firefighting personnel.
On 7 February, extreme bushfire conditions precipitated major bushfires throughout Victoria, involving several large fire complexes, which continued to burn across the state for around one month. 173 people lost their lives in these fires and 414 were injured. 3,500+ buildings were destroyed, including 2,029 houses, and 7,562 people displaced.
Four major wildfires that began amid Monday's red flag alert conditions by Tuesday had prompted numerous evacuations and engulfed more than 240,000 acres in the Texas Panhandle, with little chance ...
The nonprofit group Climate Central calculated how the number of fire weather days has shifted in communities across the United States from 1973 to 2022, using weather station data and measures of ...