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2004 China Flood vs 2009 Black Saturday bushfire

2004 China Flood
2009 Black Saturday bushfire
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2004 China Flood

Total costsN/A
Deaths 1029
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2009 Black Saturday bushfire

Total costsN/A
Deaths 173

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The Black Saturday bushfires were a series of bushfires that either ignited or were already burning across the Australian state of Victoria on and around Saturday, 7 February 2009, and were among Australia's all-time worst bushfire disasters. The fires occurred during extreme bushfire weather conditions and resulted in Australia's highest-ever loss of human life from a bushfire, with 173 fatalities. Many people were left homeless as a result. As many as 400 individual fires were recorded on Saturday 7 February; the day has become widely referred to in Australia as Black Saturday. The 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission, headed by Justice Bernard Teague, was held in response to the bushfires.

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