vegetation

For years, scientists have warned that the risk of damaging floods is dramatically increased after intense wildfires, as rain struggles to permeate the burnt-out forest floor and flows encounter little resistance from the remaining vegetation.

The blaze, which firefighters had said was contained hours later, smoldered underground in dense vegetation for days until powerful winds on Jan. 7 caused it to spread, authorities said.

His mission: find and eliminate brushtail possums, an intruder that eats baby birds and strips vegetation from native trees.

He admitted some of the new trees were water “addicts,” but said the estate would wait several years before planting any further vegetation.

I could see the familiar dirt tracks, and the houses drowning in lush vegetation.