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David Bowman, Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania

Rain one minute, heatwave the next. How climate ‘whiplash’ drives unpredictable fire weather

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After a weekend of extreme heat and windy conditions, more than 30 blazes were still burning in Victoria and New South Wales as of Sunday evening, including major fires in the Otways, near the town of Alexandra in central Victoria, and on the NSW-Victoria border near Corryong.

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