Bushfires are strongly driven by weather: hot, dry and windy conditions can combine to create the perfect environment for flames to spread across the landscape. But sometimes the relationship flips: ...

Principal Research Scientist in Extreme Weather, The University of Melbourne Jason Sharples receives funding from the NSW government and the Australian Research Council. He is affiliated with the NSW ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bushfire rips through Mount Lawson State Park in Australia's Victoria state (Handout) (Handout/Forest Fire Management ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Firefighters warned millions of Australians of "catastrophic" bushfire dangers as they battled multiple blazes stoked by a ...

A bushfire near Perth Airport has prompted an emergency warning for Maida Vale, Kalamunda, and Forrestfield, affecting 800 homes and businesses. 155 firefighters are currently on the ground battling ...

A 19-year-old man has been charged in Australia after a bushfire sparked by a firework on New Year’s Eve tore through bushland on the eastern edge of Perth, threatening homes, cutting power to ...

Bushfires destroyed houses and razed vast belts of forest in southeast Australia on Friday, firefighters said, as hot winds fanned "hectic" conditions in the tinder-dry countryside. Temperatures ...

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 ...

Firefighters warned millions of Australians of "catastrophic" bushfire dangers on Thursday as they battled multiple blazes stoked by a heatwave blanketing the country. Temperatures are forecast to ...

IN 2025, MOST OF THEM CHILDREN UNDER A YEAR OLD. AN ELECTRICAL FIRE WAS REPORTED AT THE BILTMORE ESTATE IN ASHEVILLE. FIRE OFFICIALS SAY IT WAS A MECHANICAL ROOM AT THE WINERY AND WAS CONTAINED BY A ...

Bushfires destroyed houses and razed vast belts of forest in southeast Australia on Friday, firefighters said, as hot winds fanned "hectic" conditions in the tinder-dry countryside. Temperatures ...