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#BushfireCrisis #AustraliaOnFire

Approx. 2/3 of gorgeous #KangarooIsland in #SouthAustralia has been devastated after two weeks of #bushfires. Blustery weather is creating difficult conditions. w. 22 firefighters injured to date. Look at this 👇👇👇!

https://twitter.com/pauldutton1968/status/1215525823911870466

The before and after photos emerging from #kangarooislandfire are horrifying. Let's start big picture with @NASA's aerial shots of Australia's third biggest island on Dec 16 (left) and then Jan 7 (right).

@NASA @ScheuerJo @SameeraSavarala @martinfredras @AlanaCraigen @luckytran @BecSusanGill @GretaThunberg @MikeHudema @EricHolthaus @ap4ca This is an ecological tragedy for #Australia. #KangarooIsland is renowned for its nature reserves and vast numbers of wildlife including sea lions, koalas and many endangered bird species. @nzherald posted the photo below from #FlindersChaseNationalPark.

@NASA @ScheuerJo @SameeraSavarala @martinfredras @AlanaCraigen @luckytran @BecSusanGill @GretaThunberg @MikeHudema @EricHolthaus @ap4ca @nzherald Searing photos from @AAP's @davidmariuz show just how ruthless the #kangarooislandfire has been on a once green, lush wondrous corner of the world.

@NASA @ScheuerJo @SameeraSavarala @martinfredras @AlanaCraigen @luckytran @BecSusanGill @GretaThunberg @MikeHudema @EricHolthaus @ap4ca @nzherald @aap @davidmariuz @AlexandriaV2005 @billmckibben @havenruthie @Jamie_Margolin @jamisonervin @350Australia @TheAusInstitute @HelenClarkNZ @davidwaskow @KHayhoe Devastation everywhere. And for animals that have mercifully survived the #bushfires on #KangarooIsland - no food. This is a #BushfireCrisis. This is a #ClimateCrisis.

Photo: @davidmariuz for @AAP

@NASA @ScheuerJo @SameeraSavarala @martinfredras @AlanaCraigen @luckytran @BecSusanGill @GretaThunberg @MikeHudema @EricHolthaus @ap4ca @nzherald @aap @davidmariuz @AlexandriaV2005 @billmckibben @havenruthie @Jamie_Margolin @jamisonervin @350Australia @TheAusInstitute @HelenClarkNZ @davidwaskow @KHayhoe @schipper_lisa @SaleemulHuq @cassie_flynn @bethsawin @kalyankeo @BagalueSunab @KribBKK @ClimateKristin @JeromeFosterII @GlobalEcoGuy There are many stories of loss on #KangarooIsland. By far the worst for many was that around 25,000 koalas (half the island's thriving population) may have perished.

Photo @DavidMariuz of @AAP of wildlife rescuer Simon Adamczyk carrying an injured koala 💔

@NASA @ScheuerJo @SameeraSavarala @martinfredras @AlanaCraigen @luckytran @BecSusanGill @GretaThunberg @MikeHudema @EricHolthaus @ap4ca @nzherald @aap @davidmariuz @AlexandriaV2005 @billmckibben @havenruthie @Jamie_Margolin @jamisonervin @350Australia @TheAusInstitute @HelenClarkNZ @davidwaskow @KHayhoe @schipper_lisa @SaleemulHuq @cassie_flynn @bethsawin @kalyankeo @BagalueSunab @KribBKK @ClimateKristin @JeromeFosterII @GlobalEcoGuy #SamMitchell, owner of #KangarooIslandWildlifePark, refused to leave 700 animals in his care as two #bushfires bore down to within 100m of the park. All survived - including ~100 koalas brought there to recuperate from earlier burns. 🥳7news.com.au/news/bushfires…

@NASA @ScheuerJo @SameeraSavarala @martinfredras @AlanaCraigen @luckytran @BecSusanGill @GretaThunberg @MikeHudema @EricHolthaus @ap4ca @nzherald @aap @davidmariuz @AlexandriaV2005 @billmckibben @havenruthie @Jamie_Margolin @jamisonervin @350Australia @TheAusInstitute @HelenClarkNZ @davidwaskow @KHayhoe @schipper_lisa @SaleemulHuq @cassie_flynn @bethsawin @kalyankeo @BagalueSunab @KribBKK @ClimateKristin @JeromeFosterII @GlobalEcoGuy @leahstokes @ssteingraber1 @buiviethien @vanessa_vash @NamugerwaLeah @BillHareClimate @RKalapurakal @UlrikaModeer @GeraldKutney @VisualPersist But much concern for #KangarooIsland's endangered glossy black-cockatoos that have lost their habitat in the #bushfires. Conservationists had built flock numbers up from ~150 in the 1990s to ~400. Hope is that one ... one!!!... flock has survived.

Photo: #DaniellaTeixeira

@NASA @ScheuerJo @SameeraSavarala @martinfredras @AlanaCraigen @luckytran @BecSusanGill @GretaThunberg @MikeHudema @EricHolthaus @ap4ca @nzherald @aap @davidmariuz @AlexandriaV2005 @billmckibben @havenruthie @Jamie_Margolin @jamisonervin @350Australia @TheAusInstitute @HelenClarkNZ @davidwaskow @KHayhoe @schipper_lisa @SaleemulHuq @cassie_flynn @bethsawin @kalyankeo @BagalueSunab @KribBKK @ClimateKristin @JeromeFosterII @GlobalEcoGuy @leahstokes @ssteingraber1 @buiviethien @vanessa_vash @NamugerwaLeah @BillHareClimate @RKalapurakal @UlrikaModeer @GeraldKutney @VisualPersist @wildbirdfund @NRKangarooIs @_KangarooIsland @GCITweet #KangarooIsland's two main industries - farming & tourism - have both taken hits from the #bushfires. Farmers have had to put down thousands of badly injured sheep & many resorts are now burned-out ghost towns.

Photo: Kangaroo Island Wilderness Retreat by @DavidMariuz for @AAP

@NASA @ScheuerJo @SameeraSavarala @martinfredras @AlanaCraigen @luckytran @BecSusanGill @GretaThunberg @MikeHudema @EricHolthaus @ap4ca @nzherald @aap @davidmariuz @AlexandriaV2005 @billmckibben @havenruthie @Jamie_Margolin @jamisonervin @350Australia @TheAusInstitute @HelenClarkNZ @davidwaskow @KHayhoe @schipper_lisa @SaleemulHuq @cassie_flynn @bethsawin @kalyankeo @BagalueSunab @KribBKK @ClimateKristin @JeromeFosterII @GlobalEcoGuy @leahstokes @ssteingraber1 @buiviethien @vanessa_vash @NamugerwaLeah @BillHareClimate @RKalapurakal @UlrikaModeer @GeraldKutney @VisualPersist @wildbirdfund @NRKangarooIs @_KangarooIsland @GCITweet Thousands of #KangarooIsland residents evacuated by ferry to escape the #bushfires - although one father & son were tragically killed when their vehicle was engulfed. The inferno described as “unfightable” even created a tornado. via @YouTube

@NASA @ScheuerJo @SameeraSavarala @martinfredras @AlanaCraigen @luckytran @BecSusanGill @GretaThunberg @MikeHudema @EricHolthaus @ap4ca @nzherald @aap @davidmariuz @AlexandriaV2005 @billmckibben @havenruthie @Jamie_Margolin @jamisonervin @350Australia @TheAusInstitute @HelenClarkNZ @davidwaskow @KHayhoe @schipper_lisa @SaleemulHuq @cassie_flynn @bethsawin @kalyankeo @BagalueSunab @KribBKK @ClimateKristin @JeromeFosterII @GlobalEcoGuy @leahstokes @ssteingraber1 @buiviethien @vanessa_vash @NamugerwaLeah @BillHareClimate @RKalapurakal @UlrikaModeer @GeraldKutney @VisualPersist @wildbirdfund @NRKangarooIs @_KangarooIsland @GCITweet @YouTube Ignited by lightning on 20 Dec, the initially "unstoppable" #KangarooIslandfire had dazed locals wondering if this was to be the "new normal". As if on cue, the inferno flared up AGAIN on 9 Jan and headed back towards miraculously spared townships.
Photo: #CountryFireService

@NASA @ScheuerJo @SameeraSavarala @martinfredras @AlanaCraigen @luckytran @BecSusanGill @GretaThunberg @MikeHudema @EricHolthaus @ap4ca @nzherald @aap @davidmariuz @AlexandriaV2005 @billmckibben @havenruthie @Jamie_Margolin @jamisonervin @350Australia @TheAusInstitute @HelenClarkNZ @davidwaskow @KHayhoe @schipper_lisa @SaleemulHuq @cassie_flynn @bethsawin @kalyankeo @BagalueSunab @KribBKK @ClimateKristin @JeromeFosterII @GlobalEcoGuy @leahstokes @ssteingraber1 @buiviethien @vanessa_vash @NamugerwaLeah @BillHareClimate @RKalapurakal @UlrikaModeer @GeraldKutney @VisualPersist @wildbirdfund @NRKangarooIs @_KangarooIsland @GCITweet @YouTube @MichaelEMann 🙏🙏🙏
Truly grateful for the brave volunteers who have risked their lives to fight #AustralianBushfires for months now, with no end in sight. 🔥🔥🔥This. Is. A. #ClimateCrisis!! 🔥🔥🔥

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