![]() ![]() Occurring in the early hours of 1st January, overnight there was a heavy downpour which caused the rivers to overflow adding to the devastating flash floods that covered Jakarta and its neighboring areas entirely. The extent of damage ranged from an estimated 18 million hectares burned over 9000 buildings and homes destroyed, and 400 deaths (directly or indirectly). Also known as Black Summer, the Australian bushfires were deemed as one of the biggest natural disasters. With time a state of emergency was declared in Queensland and New South Wales in November, and slowly all the other states followed as the fires continued to spread. ![]() Over the next few months, the bushfires spread fast and wide, showing no signs of stopping. Signs of bushfires in Australia officially started to show in October of 2019 due to prolonged droughts around the country. From locust swarms, earthquakes, floods, landslides, and of course the Coronavirus, this year has kept everyone at the edge of their seats, waiting for what is to come next. Over the past couple of months, the year 2020 has proved to be one of the deadliest times to be alive. ![]()
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