Australia Battling Devastation Wrought By Worst Bushfires In Living Memory

By Kalinga Seneviratne

Australia’s worst summer in living memory has burnt over 18 million hectares. The UN Environments Programme (UNEP) estimates that more than 5,900 buildings including over 2,800 homes have been destroyed as of mid-January. In addition to a death toll of 33 people so far, about one billion animals, and...