How many Sydneysiders have been woken up this morning by the smell of burning... Some people went out to see that Sydney was shrouded in smoke...
It's not a loss of quality, it's a real picture of Sydney, the whole of Sydney is covered in a layer of soot, it's not fog, because there's a pungent smell of burnt everywhere.
Take a look at the comparison chart to see how big the difference is...
This morning, the blue sky and white clouds of Sydney are gone...
Not only is the smoke and air quality deteriorating, but many residents have said that they can see the flames in the distance...
Set fire to the mountain
Air quality is declining rapidly
Soon, the Australian media gave the answer: the smoke shrouded was because of the fire, but the fire was intentional.
In order to prevent future wildfires,
Sydney set fire to the mountain in advance!
Preventive arson on the mountain is no stranger to everyone, and Australian meteorologists have predicted that because of the emergence of El Niño, terrorist fires may occur.
Fortunately, this past summer, bushfires did exist in Australia, but they did not exceed expectations. However, experts also warn that severe weather may occur frequently in the future.
Disasters that didn't exist before,
It may not be staged after that!
Therefore, targeted early setting fire to the mountain can effectively prevent the outbreak of wildfires.
根据Fires Near Me的网站显示，这一次新州政府的提前放火烧山主要针对Blue Mountains。
Including 2,200 hectares in Woodford and 12 hectares in Katoomba, these are all part of the disaster mitigation burning.
Katoomba, in particular, is only 100 kilometres from Sydney's CBD.
The smoke from the incineration naturally covered all of Sydney.
You can also see on the air quality monitoring page on the NSW government's official website that Sydney's air quality will change at different times, the most important point:
Many locations,
Air quality is dropping rapidly!
After all, everyone smells the pungent smell of burning, and the air quality can be imagined...
But this kind of burning is also necessary, and setting fire to the mountain in advance during the safe period is also to reduce potential safety hazards that may arise in the future.
Experts said that because of global climate change, there is a great possibility of El Niño in Australia in the future, and even El Niño may fall on Australia again next summer.
At that time, Australia may once again break out due to drought.
The wildfires of the century at the end of 2019 have cast too much psychological shadow on people.
No one wants this kind of natural disaster to happen again...
Similar burnings will continue in the future, such as this one for several days, and Sydney will have to endure such bad air for the next few days.
Continuous heavy rain
Fear of flooding
However, there is no need to worry too much in the next few days, because the problem of pungent air may be solved quickly, not because the burning of the mountain is over, but because this week, Sydney will basically spend it in the rain.
Today is the only sunny day in Sydney for the next two weeks.
From tomorrow, rain and cooling will become the mainstream weather in Sydney.
A slow-moving but very strong trough of high pressure is looming over Sydney, and the NSW Meteorological Office predicts that rain in Sydney will continue from tomorrow, with an average of 15mm to 25mm in the first few days.
But at the end of the week,
Torrential rain pours!
Because it will no longer be a high pressure trough but a low pressure trough that will cause more rainfall, and that is the amount of rain in Sydney will be very terrible and will continue for several days.
While it is impossible to know for sure at this time, meteorologists predict that there could be small flooding in Sydney and parts of NSW if the rainfall is too heavy by then.
Experts urge all citizens to pay attention to the government's latest weather warnings and avoid risks in a timely manner.
A large part of the reason why more and more people pay attention to environmental protection now, and there are even many extreme environmentalists in Australia, is because of the frequent occurrence of bad weather after the global climate is affected.
Whether it's La Niña or El Niño, extreme weather hazards are ultimately drought and flooding.
Under natural disasters, manpower is extremely small, and the only way to reduce the occurrence of bad weather or even no longer occur is to protect the environment.
Australia has shouted the slogan of achieving zero carbon emissions by 2050, and many environmental protection policies have been promulgated one after another.
Bad weather can only be eliminated if everyone truly cares about environmental protection.
It's still a cliché: to protect the environment is to protect ourselves!