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Australian Bushfires 2019-20
On the edge of Australia, where eucalypt forests meet small towns and open farmland, the air had always carried the possibility of fire. But as the summer of two thousand nineteen approached, something deeper was shifting. The bush was waiting, dry and tense, for a spark it seemed destined to receive.Along the coastal ranges and tablelands of southeastern Australia, life moved according to old rhythms. Farmers checked water tanks before dawn. Volunteer firefighters kept radios close by, waiting for news of the first flare-up. Parents in towns like Cobargo, Bega, Batemans Bay, and Mallacoota…
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