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A worrying recipe of increased vegetation combined with warm, dry weather has prompted emergency authorities to put large swathes of the country on high alert for bushfires this spring.

The Australasian Fire Authorities Council (AFAC) has large parts of a map of eastern and central Australia marked in red in its seasonal outlook released on Wednesday.

Far south-west WA, far south-east SA and southern Victoria have more than double the chance of rainfall totals for the season falling in the driest 20 per cent of all years since 1981.

However, water storage levels remain healthy across the country, according the data from the bureau, with Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Canberra and Darwin all above 90 per cent capacity.

In Queensland, the area of highest concern is the eastern half of the state, anywhere south of Innisfail, with “locally intense bushfires that may be destructive” flagged by AFAC.

Small pockets of South Australia have also been flagged as having higher than normal fire risk, with weather conditions “rapidly” switching below average rainfall and drying out of soil in many areas of the state.

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yep im very worried about this upcoming season. la nina is over, all that undergrowth is going to dry out and make for firestorm material. combine with possible extreme temperatures…start getting ready now everyone, its going to be a bad one

There seems to be a forming trend. How many continents will have massive wildfires this year? Roll a D6.