AUSTRALIA-EXTREME FIRE WEATHER DAYS-INCREASE

AUSTRALIA-EXTREME FIRE WEATHER DAYS-INCREASE

(220704) -- CANBERRA, July 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo provided by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) on July 1, 2022 shows a kangaroo after a bushfire in Australia. The number of extreme fire weather days in Australia every year has increased significantly over the past 40 years, a study has found. According to a report published by the CSIRO on July 1, the number of extreme bushfire weather days per year increased by 27, or 56 percent, between 1979 and 2019. (Jo-anne McArthur/Handout via Xinhua)

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