It’s only early spring in Australia and the country is already grappling with heat and fire, sparking fears of a potentially devastating summer.
Last weekend, more than 20 runners in the Sydney Marathon were hospitalized during a heat wave. Ski resorts, including Perisher, the country’s largest, have closed early amid a lack of snow after Australia’s warmest winter since records began in 1910. Then, last week, dozens of bushfires broke out in the country, with more than 60 burning in the densely-populated state of New South Wales. These are ominous signals for what large parts of the country can expect as spring rolls into summer.
While the lead-up to the Black Summer fires was characterized by a 3-year period of drought – “whole, vast landscapes were primed to burn for months,” Bowman said – the last few years have been rainy in Australia due to the influence of El Niño’s cooler counterpart, La Niña. But experts told CNN there’s no space to be complacent.
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