Conditions are expected to deteriorate next week as temperatures are set to rise and no rain is on the horizon. Continue reading →

Bushfires are a common and deadly threat in Australia’s hot, dry summers, a danger stoked by a sustained period dry weather across the country’s east coast. Continue reading →

Around 1,500 firefighters were battling more than 70 fires across Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales, with the most intense in the northeast, where flames were fanned by strong winds, Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said. Continue reading →

This is one of Australia’s worst bushfire seasons and parts of the country are crippled by severe drought. Continue reading →

“There was one moment when I could see nothing but dark smoke and I was like, ‘We’re going to die,”’ said Qiana McCracken, assistant director of nursing for the facility. Continue reading →

About 60 per cent of the Amazon region is in Brazil. The vast Amazon also includes Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana, an overseas region of France. Continue reading →

Bolsonaro on Friday authorized the military to get involved in putting out the fires, saying he is committed to protecting the Amazon region. Continue reading →

One fire was human-caused, others were lightning strikes. Continue reading →