2010–11 Australian bushfire season

During the summer of 2010–11, a relative lack of bushfires occurred along Eastern Australia due to a very strong La Niña effect, which instead contributed to severe flooding, in particular the 2010–11 Queensland floods and the 2011 Victorian floods. As a result of these weather patterns, most major fire events took place in Western Australia and South Australia. Some later significant fire activity occurred in Gippsland in eastern Victoria, an area which largely missed the rainfall that lead to the flooding in other parts of the state.

2010–11 Australian bushfire season
NASA MODIS burned area detections from June 2010 to May 2011
Date(s)Winter (June) 2010 – Autumn (May) 2011
LocationAustralia
Impacts
Structures destroyed90+ total
  • 84 houses
  • several non-residential structures
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