#ExtremeFireDanger was forecast for 5 districts on #Tuesday:
The south-west, the Wimmera, central, north central, & west & south Gippsland, with the remainder of the state with #highfiredanger.
Total fire bans in those 5 areas will be instituted from midnight.
Tuesday would bring “a classic fire spike day over Victoria” with temperatures “getting up into the mid-30s over much of the state, including Melbourne”. #weather #BushFire #Victoria #Prepare #ClimateCrisis
Someone's sent me a pic of where the various fire vehicles are. I will find out where he is getting that info as that's pretty cool. Apparently a BlackHawk on the way too.
#Bushfire #Perth
Bushfire.io is so good. I wish VicEmergency would make their map more customisable rather than an incoherent jumble of overlapping polygons and icons.
https://bushfire.io/?location=10.138883634436514/-36.30578470488877/147.66261052164066/map/0/0
The Carlisle River #bushfire in the Otways rapid growth yesterday that has left #Melbourne blanketed in #smoke this morning. Seen by #Himawari-9 with heat signatures in red.
Forget about tinfoil hats!
Kudos to whoever thought of this. Hope it works.
See how Victoria’s bushfires spread: a visual guide to the scale of devastation https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/16/how-victorian-bushfires-spread-maps-area-visual-guide
What to take when you leave. Evacuation planning from those who know.
How to read your emergency map. Important information for people in Australia.
The #Tooperang #bushfire near #MountCompass south of #Adelaide has ripped through more than 600 hectares.
The #CFS says the fire remains #uncontrolled, & is being battled by hundreds of #firefighters.
It says the full extent of property damage will become apparent throughout the day, but there are reports of at least one structure being impacted. #auspol #SApol #ClimateCrisis
The #Longwood #Bushfire is still not controlled btw (https://emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/#!/warning/40332), over ten days now. Hope everyone in the area is still keeping an eye out!
#VicFires #Victoria
"I’m so certain that it’s going to get worse that I just want to put my energy, my heart and soul into trying to make certain that I can protect communities and individuals, the built environment, the natural environment from these disasters that are coming because of climate change, because I know that’s the truth.”
Professor David Bowman knows. These conditions are new, they are caused by climate change, & we need to adapt.
The unprecedented is our new normal.
Unprecedented weather events are our new normal. We need to learn to adapt, fast. 🔥🌊☀️💨⛈️ 🌪️ 🔥🦘🦘🦘🦘🦮🐕🦺🐈🐈⬛🏡🏘️🏘️🏘️🪴🏘️🪴🏘️🪴🏘️🪴🏠🏠🏠🏡🏡🦆🐦⬛🪿🦉🦇🐝🫎🐛🦋🐞🐜🪲🪰🕷️🦎🐢🐍🦜🐇🕊️🍀🌿🌱🌾🌻 🔥🌊☀️💨⛈️ 🌪️ 🔥🦘🦘❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹
Got time on your hands? Join Geelong Wildlife Crafters and sew, knit or crochet nests, blankets, possum pods and the like, for distribution to critical sites.
Australia declares state of disaster as bushfires rage https://phys.org/news/2026-01-australia-declares-state-disaster-bushfires.html
Scores of homes razed, one dead in Australian bushfires https://phys.org/news/2026-01-scores-homes-razed-dead-australian.html
Disasters amplify disadvantage. Governments’ responses can promote equity. Or not.
I had forgotten all about bushfire.io
https://bushfire.io/?location=10.220411670897859/-36.24579434862304/149.89282766131572/satellite/0/0
When bushfires make their own weather https://phys.org/news/2026-01-bushfires-weather.html
