Over 11 million acres have burned as a result of the fires in New South Wales, along with an estimated 480 million animals. Seven people have died in the last two days
Photo: Sean Davey/AFP via Getty Images New South Wales, Australia, has declared its third state of emergency in three months as massive brushfires continue to ravage the region. The fires have been burning since September, with emergency services struggling to contain apocalyptic blazes. Thousands of people have fled their homes, some of them running to beaches and huddling on boats when escape routes out of their rural seaside towns were engulfed in flames.
Many Australians are furious with their government’s resistance to acknowledge the role of climate change in increasing the severity of the brushfires, which experts say are now burning hotter, longer, and more ferociously due to rising global temperatures. Prime Minister Scott Morrison, elected on an anti-climate action platform, visited a damaged neighborhood in the town of Cobargo on Thursday, where angry residents refused to shake his hand.
But the “extreme” is already here, as captured in photos taken in New South Wales over the last few days. Red skies and bright orange flames blur the features of humans and animals forced into survival mode, fighting for their lives in homes that, once idyllic, have been horrifically transformed. Their suffering is a portent of what’s to come for millions around the world, and what is already happening in the most vulnerable places.
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