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ABC News
ABC News
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weather reporter Tyne Logan

Mobile Doppler radar investigated as potentially 'life-saving' tool in extreme fire management

In testing, the radar was placed on cleared land near the controlled burn. (Supplied: DBCA)

Unexpected wind shifts, ember attacks, fire storms and fire vortices. They're some of the unpredictable and extreme components that can transform a bushfire from bad to deadly.

As bushfires become increasingly ferocious in Australia, aggravated by climate change, major fire and research bodies from across the country are turning to a well-known piece of technology that they say could be a "life-saving" tool in fire management.

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