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About 3,000 fires a year are started by lightning strikes.
About 3 000 bushfire per year are started by lighting strikes.
Depends upon where you are and what the weather and fuel conditions are. For example, in the southwestern part of the USA, an average of 60 to 70 percent of the wildfires are started by lightning. However, as a global average, only about 8 percent of the wildfires are caused by natural events.
Bushfires destroy many things. They can burn down houses and forests. It can wreck the habitat. It can have a great psycological effect
On 12 March 2009, authorities in Victoria announced that the last of the worst bushfires which caused the most death and devastation were under control. However, there were many minor fires that, without significant rain, were expected to continue to burn until the Australian winter, which begins in June. Conditions remained very dry, and lightning strikes caused more fires, but these were easily contained.
About 3,000 fires a year are started by lightning strikes.
About 3 000 bushfire per year are started by lighting strikes.
Depends upon where you are and what the weather and fuel conditions are. For example, in the southwestern part of the USA, an average of 60 to 70 percent of the wildfires are started by lightning. However, as a global average, only about 8 percent of the wildfires are caused by natural events.
Statistics indicate that most bushfires are caused by lightning strikes.Bushfires are, unfortunately, also commonly caused by man's activities, whether arson or unintentionally lighting the fires such as by tossing cigarettes out of car windows, or not extinguishing campfires properly.The intensity of bushfires is increased by dry vegetation, often after a period of heatwave, together with strong, gusting winds, and absence of precipitationFaulty power lines are also often a cause. Sparking and arcing from these powerlines easily ignites into bushfires.
There have been too many bushfires to number. Despite being in the south, Victoria is one of Australia's hottest and driest states in Summer, and because there is so much dense bushland and sloping mountainsides (which bushfires quickly ascend), bushfires are particularly common in January and February.
Bushfires destroy many things. They can burn down houses and forests. It can wreck the habitat. It can have a great psycological effect
On 12 March 2009, authorities in Victoria announced that the last of the worst bushfires which caused the most death and devastation were under control. However, there were many minor fires that, without significant rain, were expected to continue to burn until the Australian winter, which begins in June. Conditions remained very dry, and lightning strikes caused more fires, but these were easily contained.
It is impossible to determine how many bushfires there have been in Australia. Bushfires, in varying degrees of severity, occur almost daily in different localities during the warmer months, beginning around late August in parts of Queensland. They reach their peak during mid-summer, with perhaps hundreds occurring through Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia on a daily basis. Many of these are small spot-fires which are easily extinguished. Major flare-ups occur less often.
Australian wildfires, known as bushfires, can occur in the dense bushland of the national parks around Sydney and the Blue Mountains. This is a common area for bushfires. There have been many times when smoke haze from surrounding bushfires has descended on Sydney, remaining for several weeks.
The conditions were just perfect for bushfires. Unfortunately the bushfires occurred more in build (or human) environments, not so much natural, which is why it affected so many people.
A+ Forked Lightning
It is known as forked lightning.