SYDNEY, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Uncontrolled fires burned through bushland in the Australian state of Victoria on Thursday, forcing communities to evacuate and authorities to warn of a "catastrophic" fire ...

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Over the past decade, southern Australia has suffered numerous extreme weather and climate events, such as record-breaking ...

Long-term exposure to bushfire smoke linked to increased risk of heart disease - Researchers found people living in areas with higher average smoke exposure over a three-year period were more likely t ...

Kerry Dare told The Courier-Mail that she was evacuated to Tara about 2pm on Friday over fears the “Wains Rd fire triangle” could destroy several properties. “There’s (a fire) at the front of my ...

They're a national treasure, but the fate of Australia's koala population is hanging in the balance as deadly fires continue to rage across the country. The chairman of the Australia Koala Foundation ...

Victorian racing combined to raise more than $165,000 on Friday in Seymour towards January bushfire relief efforts in the ...

Bushfires have destroyed at least three homes and structures in Victoria as heatwave conditions are set to continue across inland regions of southeast Australia. Firefighters from every state and ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Nearly 3 billion koalas, kangaroos and other native Australian animals were killed or displaced by bushfires in 2019 and 2020, showed a study by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) ...

Joint media release with the Hon Rhiannon Pearce MPThe Albanese Government has deployed National Emergency Management ...