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Australia warns of fires, floods after cars swept

SYDNEY – Australia’s emergency services warned people Friday to stay prepared for sudden downpours and dangerous bushfires in the country’s east after a flash...

Australian firefighters warn of bushfire season

SYDNEY – Australian firefighters warned people on Monday to prepare for more bushfires in a “high-risk” summer, after blazes killed one person and incinerated...

Scores of Australian homes razed

SYDNEY – Bushfires have razed hundreds of buildings across southeast Australia, authorities said Sunday, as they confirmed the first death from the disaster. Temperatures soared...

Australian towns endure night of bushfires

SYDNEY,  Australia—Helicopters buzzed over bushfire-scarred swathes of eastern Australia on Wednesday, assessing the damage left by “shocking” blazes that raged overnight. Water bombing aircraft swooped...

Hundreds of firefighters battle raging dozen bushfires in eastern Australia

SYDNEY – Hundreds of firefighters battled bushfires in Australia’s eastern state of Queensland on Wednesday, where soaring temperatures and dry winds have fanned some...

Australia bushfire smoke linked to hundreds of deaths

Smoke from Australia's deadly recent bushfires is linked to an estimated 445 deaths and more than 4,000 hospitalisations over several months, a government inquiry...

‘Bushfires burned a fifth of Australia’s forest’

By Patrick Galey Australia's wildfires have destroyed more than a fifth of the country's forests, making the blazes "globally unprecedented" following a years-long drought linked...

Climate rows rage on even as Australian bushfires are extinguished

By Andrew Beatty Australia’s “black summer” of devastating bushfires is finally coming to a close, but bitter arguments over how to tackle climate-fuelled disasters are...

New South Wales bushfires contained

Sydney"•All the blazes in Australia’s hard-hit state of New South Wales have been brought under control, firefighters said on Thursday, signaling the end of...

Charred remains

This photo taken on Jan. 8 shows a dead kangaroo on a farm after bushfires in Batlow, in Australia’s New South Wales state. Batlow...

Rain brings relief, but fires ‘long way to go’

Mogo, Australia—Massive bushfires in southeastern Australia still have a "long way to go," authorities have warned, even as colder conditions brought some relief to...

Australian farmers vow to recover from tragedy

Batlow, Australia"•Steve Bellchambers is digging pits to bury the carcasses of livestock killed by bushfires which swept through his farm in Batlow, New South...

Animals face extinction threat

Glenmore Park"•When volunteer Sarah Price found a baby kangaroo frightened but miraculously alive in the pouch of its dying mother surrounded by the embers...

Australia sees heatwave as over 100 fires burn

Sydney—Out of control bushfires forced residents in eastern Australia to flee their homes on Saturday, as other parts of the country braced for a...
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