Living Through Australia’s Black Summer: Fire Country

Towards the end of 2019, Australia was wracked by some of the most devastating wildfires in the Earth’s recorded history. Millions of hectares, thousands of homes, and dozens of human lives were lost to the blazes, which reached a zenith in the country’s southeast on New Year’s Eve. VICE's Gavin...

24 min - Disasters & Survival - VICE

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