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Australian towns on high brushfire alert
Published on 24/02/2024
» SYDNEY - A massive out-of-control bushfire in Australia’s Victoria state that has destroyed properties and killed livestock prompted fresh evacuation alerts on Saturday for several rural towns.
Australia endures ‘uncommon’ spring heat
Published on 16/09/2023
» SYDNEY - Large parts of Australia were in the grip of “uncommon” spring heat on Saturday, weather forecasters said, adding that temperature records could be set on Sunday.
India reports hottest, driest August on record
Published on 01/09/2023
» India has reported its hottest and driest August since national records began more than a century ago, the latest in a string of records broken worldwide as climate change intensifies.
Pilots walk away from 737 crash in Australia
AFP, Published on 08/02/2023
» SYDNEY - Two pilots have made a "miraculous" escape after their Boeing 737 water-bombing plane crashed and burned while fighting a blaze in remote Western Australia.
71 homes destroyed as Australia bushfire rages near locked-down Perth
AFP, Published on 03/02/2021
» PERTH, Australia: At least 71 homes have been destroyed in a bushfire raging out of control near Australia's fourth-biggest city Perth, authorities said Wednesday, as they told residents to ignore a coronavirus lockdown and leave threatened areas.
71 homes destroyed as Australia bushfire rages near locked-down Perth
AFP, Published on 03/02/2021
» PERTH (AUSTRALIA) - At least 71 homes have been destroyed in a bushfire raging out of control near Australia's fourth-biggest city Perth, authorities said Wednesday, as they told residents to ignore a virus lockdown and evacuate threatened areas.
Australia's Perth battles bushfire amid virus lockdown
AFP, Published on 02/02/2021
» PERTH, Australia: A wildfire on the fringes of Australia's fourth-largest city Perth has destroyed several homes and forced emergency evacuations, authorities said Tuesday, just days after the west coast city entered a coronavirus lockdown.
Australia bushfire rips through heritage-listed island
AFP, Published on 30/11/2020
» BRISBANE: Australian firefighters are struggling to control a massive bushfire that already destroyed 40% of the UNESCO world heritage-listed Fraser Island before a heatwave hit Monday.
Wildfire razes dozens of homes in New Zealand
AFP, Published on 05/10/2020
» WELLINGTON: A bushfire has destroyed about 50 homes in a remote, picturesque lake community in the South Island of New Zealand.
Bushfire-hit Australians still in tents as virus slows recovery
AFP, Published on 25/05/2020
» COBARGO, Australia: Victims of Australia's catastrophic bushfires are still living in tents, garages and makeshift shelters months after the blazes ended, with efforts to rebuild their lives hampered by the coronavirus pandemic.