A history of bushfires in Australia

As a reminder, it was in October last year that Australia had its last bushfire emergency – in the area surrounding Sydney.

Australian extreme weather - a background

A state of emergency was declared during a heat wave last October which sparked bushfires that affected the Blue Mountains and suburbs of Sydney

Victoria had devastating bushfires in 2009 with 179 killed - the 

Black Saturday bushfires

And last summer Tasmania was devastated by fires

The following picture captures the event

A history of bushfires in Australia is available HERE

The devastating floods in Queensland and New South Wales are a whole other story

2013 was hottest year on record in Australia

What will they say about 2014?