The recent occurrence of wildfires in California and the
Amazon jungle made us all stand in solidarity and pray for the innocent victims
of the area. However, these fires affected a relatively smaller piece of land
when compared to the current blazes that have engulfed a good portion of
Australia.
As of this writing, approximately 12 million acres of land
have been burned in Australia from the fire that started during the last months
of 2019. Authorities also report that almost half a billion animals have been killed
due to the incident while several lives and homes are lost.
According to The NewYork Times, the bushfires grew more severe amidst the heatwave and draught
conditions in Australia. Unfortunately, the fires are expected to escalate further
as the weather gets warmer in the continent. Scientists also predict the fires
to become more frequent and severe all over the world in connection with climate change.
The firefighters have managed to put out the California
fires while Amazon blazes have been reduced at least. The fires in remote areas
of northern Russia have engulfed more than 6 million acres of land as well but
most of the area was scarcely populated – thus no causalities have reported.
