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‘Hectic’ bush fires threaten Australian rural towns

SYDNEY – Bushfires threatened dozens of rural towns in southeast Australia on Friday, firefighters said as hot winds fanned “hectic” conditions in the tinder-dry...

Australia heatwave stokes risk of ruinous bushfires

SYDNEY – Firefighters warned millions of Australians of “catastrophic” bushfire dangers on Thursday as they battled multiple blazes stoked by a heatwave blanketing the...

Controlled bushfire cloaks Sydney in hazardous smoke

Sydney was enveloped in a thick bank of hazardous bushfire smoke Monday, forcing authorities in Australia's largest city to scale back controlled forest burning...

Aussie firefighters save homes from bushfire

A mammoth effort by Australian firefighters saved homes from an out-of-control bushfire near Perth overnight, authorities said Thursday, but warned strong winds and rough...

Australia bushfire rips through heritage-listed island

Australian firefighters are struggling to control a massive bushfire that already destroyed 40 percent of the UNESCO world heritage listed Fraser Island before a...

Estimated 3 billion animals affected by Australia bushfires: study

Nearly three billion animals were killed or displaced by Australia's unprecedented 2019-20 wildfires in "one of the worst wildlife disasters in modern history", according...

Marching on

All of a sudden, it’s March. Calendars are merely constructs, but they nonetheless give us a sense of how far we have come—or not. In...

Heatwave renews bushfire worries

Sydney—Australia was bracing for a heatwave to sweep across the country’s fire-ravaged southeast in the coming days, with the forecast stoking fears the soaring...

Species hit hard by bushfires

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Rain brings joy to firemen in Australia

Sydney"•Drought-breaking storms dumped desperately needed rain on some bushfire-ravaged parts of eastern Australia on Friday, while giving joy to many farmers who have faced...

Bushfires deter tourists to Australia

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Shock, fear and sadness grip Australia’s ‘bushfire refugees’

By Holly Robertson Thousands of Australians forced from their homes by rampaging bushfires now find themselves stuck in makeshift camps, fearful for the future and...

Firefighting

Large fires are nothing new, but the scale in which the world is seeing them today is unprecedented. Last year we saw how part...

New fire threat sparks Aussie towns’ exodus

Batemans Bay, Australia—Tens of thousands of Australians have fled their homes as more catastrophic bushfire conditions were expected Saturday, turning dozens of once-bustling southeastern...
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