Australian bush-fires partly due to India's late monsoon end: Experts

catastrophic bushfires in Australia, which killed three people and displaced thousands, is partly due to monsoon season ending late in India, according to an expert. Trent Penhman, who is associated with University of Melbourne and studies behaviour and formation of bushfires using real depictions of fuel, wear and topography, said bushfires could be partly explained by monsoon season ending late in India, state-run Australian Brocasting Corporation (ABC) News reported on Sunday.

Linked to global systems

Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) is struggling to deal with unprecedented bushfire season this year, which till w has killed three people, displaced thousands and destroyed over 150 homes. " global systems are all linked we can't dissociate m. But if you're sitting in one area its very hard to imagine that wear 10,000 kilometres away is actually going to have an impact," Penham said. He said record-breaking rainfalls did t exit India until mid-October.

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" record-breaking rainfalls did t end from India until mid last month while south-west monsoon in Asia typically ends between June and September every year and those winds n leave region and move south," Penham said, ding that situation h led to a delay to big wet in Darwin and refore left eastern coast dry and fire-prone

" rain that may rmally occur in se regions at this time hasn't actually come down due to that global event. And so because of that se regions are hot, dry and windy. se are perfect conditions for extreme fires like what we're seeing at moment," Penham said.

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State of emergency declared

Due to bushfires, over 850,000 hectares of land in NSW have been destroyed since start of bushfire season this year, with authorities asking people to plan w and avoid bushfire-prone areas. A state of emergency was declared on Monday, with authorities describing crisis as "some of most devastating bushfires we have ever seen". It is first time Sydney region, including Blue Mountains and Central Coast, has faced a catastrophic warning in 10-year history of fire danger ratings. Anthony Clark from regional fire services has warned coming conditions will be "as b as it gets.''

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