bushfires

Commentary As monstrous blazes overwhelm Australia’s south-east, the need for a national bushfire policy has never been more urgent. Active land management such as hazard-reduction burning and forest thinning must ...

SYDNEY—Australian authorities began assessing the damage on Jan. 5 from heatwave-spurred bushfires that swept through two states a ...

SYDNEY/MELBOURNE—Bushfires were burning dangerously out of control on Australia's east coast on Saturday, fueled by soaring temperatures and ...

The United States has so far dispatched some 100 firefighters who gave up their holidays at home to ...

The eastern area of Victoria, Australia is now a state of disaster as deadly bushfires continue to burn ...

Australia's most populous state of New South Wales has declared a third state of emergency of the bushfire ...

There are grave fears for 17 people missing in Australia's southern state of Victoria, where massive, deadly bushfires ...

The Australian federal government is deploying military personnel to aid the ongoing bushfire crisis in Victoria, Australia, with ...

A volunteer firefighter who died when his truck flipped amid a "fire tornado" at a New South Wales-Victoria ...

Early January 2020 is likely to see a temperature imbalance in the Indian Ocean dissipate, according to the Australian ...

Firefighters across NSW, Australia are set for a moderate Christmas, with cooler conditions to keep fire danger to ...

Australia’s prime minister defended his government’s climate policy on Dec. 23, as authorities warned that the wildfires ravaging ...

Fire conditions eased on some of the major fronts burning across Australia on Sunday after a cool weather ...

SYDNEY—Firefighters in the Australian state of New South Wales were bracing for "catastrophic" fire conditions on Saturday as ...

Scott Morrison has cut short his family holiday in Hawaii and will return to Sydney as soon as ...

Australia's most populous state New South Wales (NSW) has declared the second state of emergency in two months ...

SYDNEY—Residents in parts of eastern Australia evacuated their homes on Tuesday as soaring temperatures and strong winds threatened ...

Firefighters have endured a tough night battling blazes stretching from the NSW south coast all the way to ...

Dozens of wildfires burned across Australia's east coast on Saturday and firefighters scrambled to shore up defenses ahead ...

The fire danger rating in parts of Australia's most populous state, New South Wales (NSW) has risen back ...

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is "hugely relieved" that no more lives were lost amid a day of catastrophic ...

SYDNEY—Residents across a wide swath of Australia's east coast were bracing for "catastrophic" conditions on Tuesday, with searing ...

A rural volunteer firefighter has called out Australian environmental authorities, claiming they must take responsibility for the catastrophic ...

Devastating bushfires across New South Wales have claimed two lives and with seven more people missing authorities expect ...

A number of towns in the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland were evacuated on Friday ...

An elderly couple is dead and at least 29 homes have been destroyed in bushfires across northern NSW. ...