What is 2019–20 Australian bushfire season?
[[File:Satellite image of bushfire smoke over Eastern Australia (December 2019).jpg|thumb|right|[[European Space Agency]] imagery of smoke from the bushfires. The smoke has reached both [[Sydney]] and [[Brisbane]] (labelled)]] The '''2019–20 Australian bushfire season''' impacted many parts of [[New South Wales]]: namely the North Coast, Mid North Coast, [[Cessnock, New South Wales|Cessnock]], the [[Hunter Region]], the [[City of Hawkesbury|Hawkesbury]] north west of Sydney, the [[Wollondilly]] south west of [[Sydney]], the [[Blue Mountains (New South Wales)|Blue Mountains]] and the South Coast. Central [[Queensland]] and South Eastern Queensland were barely affected in November. On 20 December, serious fires took hold in [[South Australia]], especially in the [[Cudlee Creek]] area of the [[Adelaide]] hills. By 21 December 2019, the fires had burnt over 3,000,000 hectares, destroyed over 700 houses and killed at least 33 people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/more-than-720-homes-lost-in-nsw-fires-as-sydney-told-to-brace-for-huge-losses-20191211-p53iv5.html|title=More than 720 homes lost in NSW fires as Sydney told to brace for huge losses|date=2019-12-10|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=2019-12-12}}</ref><ref name=Dec21ADL>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/dec/21/australian-bushfires-death-toll-rises-as-temperatures-soar-in-severe-heatwave | title=Bushfire death toll rises as fires sweep across South Australia and NSW | website=[[TheGuardian.com]] | date=21 December 2019 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:2019-20 Australian bushfire season}} [[Category:2019 fires]] [[Category:2019 in Australia]] <!--[[Category:2020s fires]] [[Category:2020s in Australia]]--> [[Category:December 2019 events]] [[Category:January 2020 events]] [[Category:2010s disasters in Australia]] {{history-stub}}