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Victoria is in the middle of a 3 day #heatwave. VicEmergency has just published a Catastrophic Fire risk forecast for the Wimmera region in the north-west of the state for tomorrow, Tuesday, 13 February 2024. First rating at this level in Victoria since 2019/2020 catastrophic #bushfires

They advise: For your survival, leave bushfire risk areas - if a fire starts and takes hold, lives are likely to be lost.

Catastrophic fire danger signals the worst possible grass and bushfire conditions. Extreme Fire Danger Rating has also been forecast for the Mallee and Northern Country districts.

Total Fire Bans have been declared for the Wimmera, Mallee and Northern Country districts.

High winds and thunderstorms with dry lightning forecast for tomorrow.

Press Conference: https://www.facebook.com/johnenglart/posts/pfbid02pQLhqcThftuNFQoYQomemQYCEhgiNGmfjqfPKfZXtbpAddAvCVbH9MjaGJCqR9X6l

#BushfireRisk #Wildfire #CatastrophicFireRisk

All the smoke around Sydney this week is from hazard reduction burns. i.e. controlled burns conducted by the rural fire service to mitigate this summer's bushfire's risk, which has been assessed as particularly high, after three very wet La Ninã years and with a likely El Niño developing.

The #RFS is way behind schedule on this due to all the rain and other complicating factors causing many delays. With temperatures topping 30ºC this weekend, they are rushing to get as much done as they can before the window closes.

Speaking of which, make sure all your windows are closed.

It's a nasty trade-off: to reduce the risk of a climate disaster hitting hard this summer, we conduct an activity with its own risk of air quality for five million people dropping into the toilet for a week. These days of bad air (and even worse nights) will result in premature deaths, increased hospitalisations, and some long-term damage to everyone's respiratory health (esp children).

Once more, given the direct impacts on air quality and the long-term global worsening of #wildfire risk, this moment is another salutary reminder that #DirtyEnergy sends our future up in smoke.

#NSWpol #BushfireRisk #bushfire #ElNino #ClimateImpacts #ClimateDisruption #Auspol
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EDIT: added climate context.