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Record-breaking Australia heatwave fuels bushfires, cuts power to thousands
Asia & Pacific 2 months ago

Record-breaking Australia heatwave fuels bushfires, cuts power to thousands

The heatwave is the worst seen in Victoria, Australia's second-most populous state, since the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires that killed 173 people and is not expected to ease until the weekend, authorities said.
Australia declares state of disaster as bushfires rage
Asia & Pacific 2 months ago

Australia declares state of disaster as bushfires rage

Temperatures soared past 40 degrees Celsius as a heatwave blanketed the state of Victoria this week, with hot winds fanning some of the most dangerous fire weather since the "Black Summer" bushfires of 2019-2020.
Bushfires rage in Australia’s southeast, authorities warn of 'catastrophic' conditions
Asia & Pacific 3 months ago

Bushfires rage in Australia’s southeast, authorities warn of 'catastrophic' conditions

Friday's fire danger rating will be set at "catastrophic", the highest level, and both fires pose a real risk of loss of life and property, authorities said.
Australia battles 'volatile' bushfire
Asia & Pacific 2 years ago

Australia battles 'volatile' bushfire

The out-of-control blaze, about two hours' drive northwest of state capital Melbourne, has already burned through about 10,000 hectares (24,000 acres) of forest and farmland. 
Australia swelters through heat wave as bushfire risk grows
Asia & Pacific 2 years ago

Australia swelters through heat wave as bushfire risk grows

The nation's weather forecaster predicted a maximum temperature in Sydney, Australia's most populous city, of 40 degrees Celsius, almost 15 degrees above the average December high for the city.
Fire, wind and water: The new normal in a land Down Under
World 5 years ago

Fire, wind and water: The new normal in a land Down Under

Most of the year, the Hawkesbury River meanders calmly through the sandstone escarpment, valleys and lush farmland of Australia's east coast before it merges with the South Pacific.
Australia's 'black summer' bushfires killed or harmed more than 60,000 koalas: WWF
Environment 5 years ago

Australia's 'black summer' bushfires killed or harmed more than 60,000 koalas: WWF

More than 60,000 koalas were killed, injured or displaced in Australian bushfires last summer, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has estimated, in what it called a deeply disturbing number for a species already in trouble.
Sydney records hottest November night as heatwave sweeps city
World 5 years ago

Sydney records hottest November night as heatwave sweeps city

The overnight temperature did not drop below 25.3 degrees Celsius Saturday into Sunday in central Sydney, according to the meteorology bureau, making it the hottest November night since records began.
Australia bushfire inquiry warns 'compounding disasters' to come
Environment 5 years ago

Australia bushfire inquiry warns 'compounding disasters' to come

Australians should be ready for "compounding" overlapping crises as they face more frequent, costly and severe climate change-worsened disasters.
Australia begins wide-ranging enquiry into deadly bushfires
World 5 years ago

Australia begins wide-ranging enquiry into deadly bushfires

Fuelled by three years of drought, which experts have attributed to climate change, hundreds of fires, some massive in size, burned across Australia's east coast for months before finally being extinguished in February.
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