Australia Has More Wildfire Hotspots Than Any Nation
- NASA sensors detect 5,837 hotspots over the past 48 hours
- Smoke from bushfires along east coast is blanketing Sydney
Firefighters fight a flare up on a containment line at the Three Mile Fire on the Central Coast, Australia on Dec. 10.
Photographer: Sam Mooy/Getty Images
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Australian wildfires have generated more hotspots in the past two days than any other country and the intensity of the blazes is greater than the next 10 worst-affected countries combined, according to NASA satellite data.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration satellites detected 5,837 hotspots in Australia over the past 48 hours.