澳大利亚今昔对比的照片可以看出火灾已经造成了多大的破坏

The flames which have been consuming Australia for months, have razed homes and wiped out entire towns. Since the start of the 2019 fire season, a staggering 10 million hectares have been burned across the country. For comparison, the California fires of 2018 claimed about 800,000 hectares.

大火已经吞噬了澳大利亚数月，烧毁了房屋，摧毁了整个城镇。自2019年火灾季开始以来，全国范围内被烧毁的面积达到了惊人的1000万公顷。相比之下，2018年的加州大火夺去了约80万公顷的土地。

About half a billion animals have suffered from the blaze in the New South Wales state alone, with millions potentially dead, according to ecologists at the University of Sydney. These numbers include birds, reptiles, and mammals, except bats. Insects and frogs are also excluded from the list, meaning the true number is much higher.

据悉尼大学的生态学家称，仅在新南威尔士州就有大约5亿只动物遭受了火灾，数百万只动物可能已经死亡。这些数字包括鸟类、爬行动物和哺乳动物，但蝙蝠除外。昆虫和青蛙也被排除在名单之外，这意味着实际数字要高得多。

However, like Josef Stalin once said, "The death of one ... is a tragedy. The death of millions is a statistic." So, to help you comprehend the devastating destruction of the bushfires, here is a list of before-and-after photos from the affected areas.

然而，正如约瑟夫·斯大林曾经说过的，“一个人的死亡……是一场悲剧。数百万人的死亡是一个统计数字。”所以，为了帮助你理解这场毁灭性的森林大火，这里有一张受影响地区的前后对比照片。

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图片来源：Rokas Laurinavičius