Climate change is increasing the risk of bushfires in Victoria and lengthening fire seasons.
- Extreme fire weather has increased since the 1970s in the east and south of Australia, including Victoria, with the fire season length extending from October to March.
- Climate change is now making hot days hotter, and heatwaves longer and more frequent. Drought conditions have been increasing in Australia’s southeast.
- Climate change is driving an increase in dangerous fire weather, which in turn is increasing the frequency and severity of bushfires.
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