By: Annika Deschler

The Australian wildfires are worsening before they are getting better and now there are floods too. They  are affecting the homes and lives of lots of animals and people.

The fires in Australia are damaging the forests and homes of animals and people. These fires are also known as the New South Wales bushfires. Lots of people are donating money to help get materials to fight the fire and supplies to give to people and animals. Around 100,000 sq. km of land has been burnt as of January 13th. The firefighters are using a combination of land equipment and aircraft to slow the fires and put them out completely. 

Let’s take a look at how the animals are doing now. The animals are running out of food to eat as it is burning in the fire. Koalas, Wallabies, Kangaroos, Cockatoos and more are some of the animals being affected. There are less than 100,000 koalas left. About 1 billion animals have died in the fire.

There are so many animals dying and people being affected. The temperatures are record-breaking. They are increasing because of pollution and global warming. The temperatures are making it harder to put the fires out. 

The fires are now getting slowly put out by the rain and we still don’t know if there is too much rain. It is now starting to flood. While this is being written the rain is coming down fast. The fires are being put out and it is flooded too. The floods are currently in northern Australia

In the end, Australia is at its worst and in some trouble. We need to try to help them in any way we can.