Bushfires Australia

• Eastern Australia’s remaining wildfires could be doused by heavy rains, officials say

  Australia has been battling hundreds of blazes since September in an unusually prolonged summer wildfire season that was fueled by three years of drought, which experts have attributed to climate change.

  Environment

  Feb 11, 2020
  
• Australia wildfires slow coal production as hazardous conditions set to return

  Mining giant BHP Group said on Tuesday that poor air quality caused by smoke from Australia's bushfires is hurting coal production, as authorities said a reprieve from hazardous fire conditions would end within days.

  World

  Jan 21, 2020
  
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• Canada to send 69 more fire personnel to Australia to battle wildfires, minister says

  Canada's minister of foreign affairs said the country was responding to requests from their "Australian friends."

  World

  Jan 14, 2020
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• Crews race to contain devastating Australia wildfires as damage bill soars

  Bolstered by cooler weather and desperately needed rain, exhausted firefighters in Australia raced to shore up defenses against deadly wildfires before the blazes flare again within days when scorching temperatures are expected to return.

  World

  Jan 7, 2020
• Rain brings relief to parts of wildfire-stricken Australia, but also challenges

  Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the government was committing an extra 2 billion Australian dollars ($1.4 billion) toward the recovery effort in addition to the tens of millions of dollars that have already been promised.

  World

  Jan 6, 2020
• Australian PM defends government response to wildfires as cooler weather brings relief

  Morrison has been chided for past remarks that appear to minimize the link between climate change and Australia’s escalating threats of drought and wildfires.

  World

  Jan 5, 2020
• ‘Not safe to move’: Officials warn residents as fire threat escalates in Australia

  Prime Minister Scott Morrison said 23 people had died in the wildfires so far this summer, including two in a blaze on a highway on Kangaroo Island off the coast of South Australia state, the latest fatalities.

  World

  Jan 4, 2020
• Australia wildfires: Navy begins mass evacuation as fire threat ramps up

  Fuelled by searing temperatures and high winds, more than 200 fires are burning across the southeastern states of New South Wales and Victoria, threatening several towns.

  World

  Jan 2, 2020
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• Australian PM Scott Morrison confronted by angry wildfire victims

  Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison received a less than warm reception on Thursday from residents in a small Australian town devastated by wildfires.

  World

  Jan 2, 2020
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• Australia wildfires: Military ships, aircraft deployed as death toll rises to 17

  Wildfires burning across Australia’s two most-populous states Tuesday trapped residents of a seaside town in apocalyptic conditions, destroyed many properties and caused at least two fatalities.

  World

  Dec 31, 2019