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 and killed one person over...
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Australia’s NSW state declares state of emergency amid bushfire threat
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's most populous state declared its second state of state of emergency in two months on Thursday as extreme heat and strong...
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 threatened to fan bushfires in...
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 country's most populous state were...
Australians flee homes as police investigate suspicious fires
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A 12-year-old boy started a bush fire and two teenage girls were questioned over another blaze in Australia's Queensland state, police said...