The Australian wildfires of 2019-2020 resulted in 33 deaths, over 3000 houses destroyed, AUD$2.3 billion in insured losses and AUD$3.6 billion in losses for tourism, hospitality, agriculture and forestry  . Smoke caused a further 429 deaths and 3230 hospitalisations as a result of respiratory distress and illness, with health costs totalling AUD$1.95 billion . These fires burnt about 5.8 to 8.1 million hectares of forest in eastern Australia , resulting in the loss or displacement of nearly 3 billion vertebrate animals . Further, 114 listed threatened species lost at least 50% of their habitat, and 49 lost 80% , among other severe ecological impacts . Smoke carried over 4000 km to New Zealand, where it increased snow/glacier melt through darkening surfaces and produced a detectable odour . The fire season of 2019-2020 was at least 30% more likely than a century ago due to the influence of climate change . Following the fires, a Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements made 80 recommendations, most of which were accepted by government, including establishing a disaster advisory body and a resilience and recovery agency  .
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