Australia's charred landscape

Firefighters spray water on a smoldering tree left in the wake of a bushfire near Bumbalong, New South Wales, more

A helicopter carries out an aerial firefighting operation as bushfires burn near Bumbalong, New South Wales, Amore

Firefighters spray water on smouldering patches left in the wake of a bushfire near Bumbalong, New South Walesmore

A charred landscape left in the wake of a recent bushfire is seen near Bumbalong, New South Wales, Australia, more

Cars that were burnt in the bushfires stand in the town of Cobargo, Australia, January 12. REUTERS/Alkis Konsmore

A burnt train wagon is seen next to the post office in the town of Cobargo, January 12. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantmore

A barbed-wire fence, burnt in the bushfires, stands on a farm in the town of Cobargo, January 13. REUTERS/Alkimore

A burned car stands amid dead trees after a wildfire destroyed the Kangaroo Valley Bush Retreat in Kangaroo Vamore

A destroyed building is seen at the Kangaroo Valley Bush Retreat after a wildfire raged through the property imore

A burned car stands amid dead trees after a wildfire destroyed the Kangaroo Valley Bush Retreat in Kangaroo Vamore

A piece of burnt wood seen in Kangaroo Valley, Australia, January 23. REUTERS/Angie Teo

A fallen tree rests on a burned car after a wildfire destroyed the Kangaroo Valley Bush Retreat in Kangaroo Vamore

Dead trees mark the scorched landscape surrounding the Kangaroo Valley Bush Retreat after a wildfire in Kangarmore

The remains of a mattress, a bedside table, a ventilator and a radiator that used to be inside a guest tent armore

The peloton is seen in a bushfire-damaged area in the Adelaide Hills during stage two of the Tour Down Under fmore

John Creighton, the founder of Wombat Care Bundanoon, looks for traces of wombats in a burrow in a burned-out more

A charred hillside, burnt during the recent bushfires, is pictured behind beachgoers in Malua Bay, New South Wmore

Sheep make their way in the fire grounds near Bega, News South Wales, January 8. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

Alisha Stoneham returns to her property, where she and her partner were nearly caught in the flames before narmore

A dead koala is seen after bushfires swept through on Kangaroo Island, southwest of Adelaide, January 7. AAP Imore

Australian surfer David Ford, 62, stands next to a burnt shed where he kept his vintage surfboard collection tmore

Black ash and fire debris is washed up on Boydtown Beach and the banks of the Nullica River in Eden, January 7more

Destroyed cars are seen next to burnt bushland in the village of Mogo, January 8. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

Grass shoots grow through the burnt ground of Cobargo resident Belinda Shea's destroyed home in Cobargo, Januamore

A burnt tree is seen outside of Mallacoota, Victoria, January 10. REUTERS/Tracey Nearmy

A cordon tape with the word 'danger' is seen in front of a burnt down shop in the village of Mogo, January 8. more

Burnt tree logs are seen in the fire-grounds near Batemans Bay, January 8. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

Tim Salway, a fifth-generation dairy farmer who lost both his father and brother in the bushfires, stands in hmore

The burnt out remains of a house is seen from a bushfire in the Southern Highlands town of Wingello, January 6more

The Abbot of Sunnataram Forest Monastery, Phra Mana, 56, prays in front of a Buddhist statue near a burnt foremore

General view of the remains of a burnt-out property which was impacted in late December 2019, in Bruthen Southmore