At two o'clock in the afternoon, the small town in Australia changed from day to night. What is the reason?

Because of the influence of mountain fires, Malakuta, Australia, turned black during the day twice in a week, and the second time was the most serious. The sun is completely blocked by the smoke of the mountain fire, and noon is like midnight. Pedestrians on the road can't even see tall buildings.

0 1. Burn a mountain fire in half the island of England.

Australian mountain fires have been burning for nearly half a year, and the fire has not been effectively controlled. During this period, mountain fires have killed at least 500 million birds and animals, many rare species are facing extinction, dozens of people are killed in the fire, many firefighters are killed in the fire, and thousands of people are surrounded by mountain fires, so they can only jump into the sea for help. This is the biggest fire that mankind has encountered since entering the Internet age.

There is an old saying in China called? When the sky is dry, be careful with candles? There's another sentence, right? A single spark can start a prairie fire? This mountain fire in Australia is the result of natural and man-made disasters. Natural disasters are abnormal IOD and El Nino phenomena, mainly IOD, that is, Indian Ocean dipole. Under the influence of this abnormal climate, the temperature in Australia keeps rising, and some areas even approach 50℃, but contrary to this vicious temperature, the precipitation keeps decreasing, even without rain for several months. Where is the vast area of Australia? Dry days and dry things? Be in a state of.

If you look at the map, you will find that a large part of Australia is desert or grassland, with few forests and few water sources. But this grove was almost swallowed up by the fire. What the hell is this? Man-made disasters. According to the Australian government's statement, dozens of arsonists were arrested. In addition, tourists or residents throw unlit cigarette butts into the grass or Woods, and these sparks have caused this terrible mountain fire.

There are hundreds of mountain fires in New South Wales alone. Because there are too many combustible materials, and strong wind can overturn the vehicle, one fire point is extinguished and the other fire point begins to burn again, which makes it very difficult to put out the mountain fire.

02. Malakuta surrounded by mountain fires

Search Malakuta, all kinds of tourist information are still ahead. Before this mountain fire, even before this month, Malakuta was a seaside town with pleasant scenery and endless tourists, but now Malakuta is on the verge of being swallowed up by the mountain fire, and people have jumped into the sea to survive.

The day and night mentioned in the title are one of the effects of mountain fires. With the approaching of the mountain fire, a large amount of smoke enveloped Malakuta, especially the cumulus clouds formed by the burning of the mountain fire, which blocked the scorching sun and plunged the whole town into darkness. Marakuta has also encountered abnormal situations before, and the whole sky was dyed red by fire, which was particularly horrible and almost like the end of the world.

Australia has sent warships to rescue the people, because the trapped residents are facing not only terrible mountain fires, but also high temperatures as high as 49℃, which is in danger of heatstroke at any time, and fresh water resources and food are about to run out. The power of nature is so terrible, and the struggle of human beings is so powerless, not to mention those kangaroo koalas. I hope this mountain fire will end soon.