Wildfires Australia
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Eastern Australia’s remaining wildfires could be doused by heavy rains, officials sayAustralia 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.EnvironmentFeb 11, 2020
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Wildfires destroy dozens more homes in southeast AustraliaBega 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.WorldFeb 2, 2020
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Residents prepare to evacuate as wildfires threaten Australia’s capitalWildfires 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.WorldFeb 1, 2020
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Bodies of 3 American fire bombers retrieved from Australian forestIan McBeth of Great Falls, Montana, Paul Clyde Hudson of Buckeye, Arizona, and Rick A. DeMorgan of Navarre, Florida, died when their C-130 Hercules tanker crashed on Thursday.WorldJan 25, 2020
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Australian wildlife fundraiser brings Saskatoon community togetherOwners and their exotic pets attended a fundraiser on Sunday for animals in Australia affected by the bush fires.CanadaJan 20, 2020
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Australia hit with flash flooding, dust storms as wildfires rageDust 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.WorldJan 20, 2020
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Massive wildfires are permanently altering Australia’s landscape, scientists sayHeat 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.WorldJan 19, 2020
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Severe storms cause flooding, road closures on Australia’s east coastParts of Australia's east coast were hit by severe storms on Saturday, dousing some of the bushfires that have devastated the region for months but causing road closures and flash flooding.WorldJan 18, 2020
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Australian PM says country is ‘open for business’ despite wildfiresAustralia is experiencing one of its worst bushfire seasons on record, with fires burning since September and claiming the lives of 28 people, destroying more than 2,500 homes and razing forests and farmland the size of Bulgaria.WorldJan 14, 2020
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‘No doubt whatsoever’: Experts claim climate change causing Australia to burnA review of 57 scientific studies by a team of British academics concluded that global warming is leading to an increase in hot, dry weather around the world that creates the conditions for wildfires to take hold.EnvironmentJan 13, 2020
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