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Numbers in the News: Australian Wildfires
From November to February, brushfires swept across Australia, fueled by extreme heat and drought.
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240
The number of days fires raged across the country.
46 MILLION ACRES
The amount of land burned—an area about the size of the state of Virginia.
1 BILLION
The number of animals believed to have died in the fires, like koalas, kangaroos, and other wildlife found nowhere else on Earth.
THINK ABOUT IT: What do you think the long-term impact of these wildfires will be?
SOURCES: AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY, NEWSWEEK, STATISTICA, WORLD WEATHER ATTRIBUTION
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