It's 12 months since the last bushfire season began, but don't expect the same this year
- Written by Kevin Tolhurst, Hon. Assoc. Prof., Fire Ecology and Management, University of Melbourne
Last season’s bushfires directly killed 34 people and devastated more than 8 million hectares of land along the south-eastern fringe of Australia.
A further 445 people are estimated to have died from smoke-induced respiratory problems.
The burned landscape may take decades to recover, if it recovers at all.
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