Extreme heat and strong winds fueled destructive bushfires across Tasmania in January. The Terra satellite captured this view of the fires on January 7, 2013.
Record-breaking temperatures have fueled fires across Australia. In New South Wales, firefighters fought numerous fires across the densely-populated state on January 9, 2013.
An intense heat wave that struck Australia in January 2013 fueled damaging fires not only in Tasmania but in central Australia as well. Satellites captured images of the fires during the night and day on January 9.
Tasmania’s Southwest National Park was the scene of a large bushfire that burned through a fire-adapted ecosystem during an extreme heatwave in January 2013.
The Yarrabin fire burned more than 10,000 hectares in New South Wales. It was one of numerous bushfires that burned throughout Australia when an intense heat wave struck the continent in January 2013.