The main cause of Australia’s bushfires ignitions of is dry lightning, essentially lightning from thunderstorms that don’t produce rain. “The majority of these bushfires have been generated by lightning strikes associated with weather/climate effects”
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In fact, some of the bushfires have grown so large they have created their own thunderstorms, in turn producing more lightning.
And the point of ignition doesn’t change the underlying fact that the most densely populated parts of Australia, particularly New South Wales, are getting hotter and drier, vastly increasing the risk of a major conflagration.
