05/01/2020
The damage caused by the catastrophic fire is heart-wrenching:
- 14.5 million acres of land has been lost. That’s six times more than the Amazon fires in 2019.
- Half a billion animals have been burnt alive, with fears some species of animals and natives have been wiped out completely.
- 20 people have died, many more are missing and the death toll estimated to rise.
- 8,000 koalas have died and are now declared “functionally extinct”.
- 1,500 homes have been lost, with tens of thousands of people being evacuated and entire towns fleeing for shelter on the beach or on boats.
- Canberra experienced the worst air quality in the world partly from a cloud of smoke as large as Europe.
Please help & donate to the charities on the link below in anyway you can.
You can help Australians who have lost their homes and the volunteer firefighters who are working around the clock to save them.
