Understanding MyFireWatch: The hotspot map updates every 2 to 4 hours, depending on satellite availability. Australia's fire season is one of the worst on record.

We mapped the flames. The fire crisis has continued into 2020, ... Rainfall deficiencies from January …

... On 7 January, the red and orange fire symbols in the MyFireWatch map … As of 16 January 2020 the Fingal fire had burnt over 20,000 hectares (49,000 acres) and the Pelham fire over 2,100 hectares (5,200 acres). Near real-time fire data are available within approximately 3 hours of satellite overpass and imagery within 4-5 hours. NASA warned, based on all predictions for 2019 through to 2020…

A superimposed wildfire map of Australia over the United States shows the scale of the massive wildfires that have spread Down Under. The red dot icon represents a hotspot detected in the last 12 hours. ... Center warned last August that the 2019-2020 fire season “has the potential ... forecast map to this January 14 NASA map … Maps of Australia's fire crisis are spreading on social media but many are misleading. The colour of the icon does not indicate the severity of a fire. VIIRS NOAA-20 temporal coverage: 1 January 2020 - present ... FIRMS Fire Map allows you to interactively browse the full archive of global active fire detections from MODIS and VIIRS. ... 7 January 2020. Australia is being ravaged by the worst wildfires seen in decades, with large swaths of the country devastated since the fire season began in July. ... from 11-12 January and up to 15 January… Learn about the fire … English News and Press Release on Australia about Wild Fire; published on 11 Jan 2020 by ECHO ... maps and infographics and full document archive.

MyFireWatch map symbology has been updated. The claim is misleading; the first map originated from a government website and shows all heat sources in Australia that are hotter than their surroundings, not just fires; …

Here's the view from space by NASA satellites. Fire maps for the coast of New South Wales show almost no area that has not been affected by the fire. Two maps have been shared thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter that claim they show all the bushfires burning in Australia. ... Wildlife Park in early January 2020… — ESPN Australia & NZ (@ESPNAusNZ) January 14, 2020.

Meanwhile, overruling objections and demands to divert funds of New Year fireworks in Sydney to fire fighting, the City Council gave the green light for New Year 2020 fireworks. Australia's deadly wildfires have killed at least 17 people since they began in September 2019 and continued into January 2020. Two fires continued to burn in January 2020.

Please refer to the legend. A fire in the Fingal Valley, in north-eastern Tasmania, started on 29 December, and a fire at Pelham, north of Hobart, started on 30 December.

The posts were published between December 2019 and January 2020.