Catastrophic wildfire disasters have surged globally with 43 per cent of the world’s worst fires striking in just the past decade, University of Tasmania research published in the journal Science reveals.
Analysing 44 years of disaster data, researchers found economic disasters increased more than four times and fatal disasters causing 10 or more deaths tripled since 1980, with particularly sharp increases in recent years.
“We’re witnessing a fundamental shift in how wildfires impact society,” said lead author Dr Calum Cunningham from the University of Tasmania’s Fire Centre.
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