Three killed and thousands displaced as Australian bushfires partly due to late monsoon ending in India: Expert

The disastrous
bushfires in Australia, which killed three and displaced thousands, is partly
due to the monsoon season ending late in India, according to an expert.

Trent
Penhman, who is associated with the University of Melbourne and studies the behavior
and formation of bushfires using real depictions of fuel, weather and
topography, said the bushfires could be partly explained by monsoon season
ending late in India, the sources reported on Sunday.

Australian
state of New South Wales (NSW) is struggling to deal with uncommon bushfire
season this year, which till now has killed three people, displaced thousands
and destroyed over 150 homes.

“The
global systems are all linked, we can’t dissociate them. But  if you’re sitting in one area its very hard to
imagine that the weather 10,000 kilometres away is actually going to have an
impact,” Penham said.

Due to the
bushfires, over 850,000 hectares of land in NSW have been destroyed since the
start of the bushfire season this year, with authorities asking people to plan
now and avoid bushfire-prone areas.

A state of
emergency was declared on Monday, with authorities describing the crisis as
“some of the most devastating bushfires we have ever seen”.

It is the
first time the Sydney region, including the Blue Mountains and Central Coast,
has faced a catastrophic warning in the 10-year history of fire danger ratings.