Fires Australia

• 30 homes estimated to have been destroyed by out of control wildfire in Australia

  Western Australia state's Department of Fire and Emergency Services said the blaze had burned through 6,667 hectares by Tuesday.

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  Feb 2, 2021
  
• ‘All fires now contained’ in Australia’s most populous state, officials say

  Australia has been battling hundreds of blazes since September in an unusually prolonged summer wildfire season that was fuelled by three years of drought.

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  Feb 14, 2020
  
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• Wildfires destroy dozens more homes in southeast Australia

  Bega Valley Mayor Kristy McBain said damage in her region 240 kilometers south of Canberra had yet to be assessed by the New South Wales Rural Fire Service.

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  Feb 2, 2020
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• Residents prepare to evacuate as wildfires threaten Australia’s capital

  Wildfires burned out of control near Australia’s national capital, Canberra, and across surrounding New South Wales state on Saturday, with endangered residents warned to prepare to evacuate.

  World

  Feb 1, 2020
• Australia hit with flash flooding, dust storms as wildfires rage

  Dust storms, hail and flash floods have battered beleaguered Australian cities in recent days, extreme weather that has diminished the threat from scores of wildfires that continue to blaze across the country’s southeast.

  World

  Jan 20, 2020
• Massive wildfires are permanently altering Australia’s landscape, scientists say

  Heat waves and drought have fueled bigger and more frequent fires in parts of Australia, so far this season torching some 104,000 square kilometers, an area about as big as Ohio.

  World

  Jan 19, 2020
• 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
• Crews battling Australia wildfires turn from defence to offence

  Crews battling Australia's wildfires said Sunday that they have been able to turn from defence to offence for the first time in weeks thanks to a break in the weather.

  World

  Jan 12, 2020
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• Australia wildfires death toll raised to 28 after firefighter dies on duty

  Authorities were assessing the damage after firefighters battled flames fanned by strong winds through the night and lightning strikes sparked new blazes in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia's most populous states. Conditions were milder Saturday and forecast to remain relatively benign for the next week.

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  Jan 11, 2020
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• Thunderstorms bring relief but also danger to Australian wildfires

  Thunderstorms and showers brought some relief for firefighters battling deadly wildfires across Australia’s drought-parched east coast on Wednesday, but also raised concerns that lightning will spark more fires before dangerous hot and windy conditions return.

  World

  Jan 8, 2020