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Australian firefighters get reprieve after tough night
Smoke rises from burning hay bales on Kangaroo Island, southwest of Adelaide, Australia, January 10, 2020. AAP Image/David Mariuz/via REUTERS…
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Australia urges quarter of a million to flee as winds fan huge bushfires
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia urged nearly a quarter of a million people to evacuate their homes on Friday and prepared…
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Australia begins damage assessment amid temporary respite from bushfires
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian authorities began assessing the damage on Sunday from heatwave-spurred bushfires that swept through two states a…
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Australia prepares for post-Christmas extreme bushfires
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Scorching heat baking Australia eased on Monday bringing relief from extreme bushfires, which destroyed around 180 houses…
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New Zealand volcano eruption death toll rises to 17 after another person dies
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand police said on Monday that one of those injured during the eruption of a volcano…
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New Zealand scales down search for two missing after deadly eruption
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand police said on Wednesday they would be scaling down search operations for the two people…
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New Zealand holds minute of silence for volcano victims
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealanders across the country observed a minute of silence on Monday to honor the victims of…
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Australians flee as soaring temperature, winds threaten to fan fires
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Residents in parts of eastern Australia evacuated their homes on Tuesday as soaring temperatures and strong winds…
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Australia braces as authorities warn new fires could threaten high population areas
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Firefighters across Australia's east coast were bracing for a fresh wave of fires as temperatures across the…
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Hope fades for eight missing after New Zealand volcanic island erupts
WHAKATANE, New Zealand (Reuters) - Eight people were missing and presumed dead on Tuesday after a volcanic eruption covered a…
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