Air quality index readings above 200 are considered hazardous. On New Year’s Day, it experienced its worst air quality on record, with residents of Australia’s eighth-largest city told to stay indoors, effectively shutting it down. Authorities hadn’t seen anything that bad since air quality monitoring records began in Canberra, a decade and a half ago. That’s the air quality in southern Canberra. Jakelin Troy (@JakelinTroy) Climate crisis casualty my beautiful friend of 3 decades Lara collapsed in the heat & smoke in Canberra.

Source: The Guardian January 03, 2020 08:15 UTC