FIRESTORM

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Firestorms: How Australia's bushfires created their own weather
Jan 07, 2020 (AFP)
They have also created their own weather systems, including deadly "firestorms" that produce dry lightning and cannot be contained. - How do firestorms happen? ...
Australia firefighters race to contain blazes as heatwave looms
Jan 07, 2020 (AFP)
Exhausted volunteers fixed containment lines, cleared ground vegetation and carried out controlled burns before temperatures and winds were expected to pick up ...
Aussie troops fan out as govt sets $1.4bn for 'long road' after fires
Jan 06, 2020 (AFP)
Catastrophic bushfires have turned swathes of land into smouldering, blackened hellscapes and destroyed an area about the size of the island of Ireland, accordi...
Troops deployed across fire-hit Australia after horror weekend
Jan 06, 2020 (AFP)
The bushfires have now destroyed an area the size of Ireland, according to official figures, and authorities warned the months-long crisis is not over as anothe...
Firefighters hit out at Aussie PM over bushfire response
Jan 05, 2020 (AFP)
Firefighter Paul Parker, 57, whose sweary television tirade against Morrison has gone viral Down Under, told AFP he was "absolutely appalled" by the government ...
Australia calls up 3,000 military reserves to tackle bushfire crisis
Jan 04, 2020 (AFP)
"Today's decision puts more boots on the ground, puts more planes in the sky, puts more ships at sea," said Morrison, who has been pilloried for his response to...
Shock, fear and sadness grip Australia's 'bushfire refugees'
Jan 04, 2020 (AFP)
On golf courses, cricket ovals and showgrounds -- anywhere with a minimal amount of combustible tree cover -- Australians are sheltering from a climate-fuelled ...
Sydney power under threat as fires destroy substations
Jan 04, 2020 (AFP)
The blazes have raged across New South Wales, and they brought down transmission lines in the state's south connecting with neighbouring Victoria, state energy ...
Island national park 'taken out' by Australia fires
Jan 04, 2020 (AFP)
Devastating conditions overnight helped flames rip thorough the island's Flinders Chase National Park and threaten more heavily populated areas of the island. T...
Military evacuates fire-hit Australian town
Jan 03, 2020 (AFP)
A navy landing craft from the HMAS Choules docked in the town of Mallacoota, where residents trapped on the foreshore since New Year's Eve clambered aboard with...
Wildlife ravaged by Australia fires could take decades to recover
Jan 03, 2020 (AFP)
Unprecedented temperatures across the continent have made this season's fires particularly deadly, killing at least 20 people and bringing apocalyptic scenes to...
Australian bushfire smoke turns New Zealand glaciers brown
Jan 02, 2020 (AFP)
The acrid-smelling smoke first appeared in the country early Wednesday when in many areas the sun appeared as either a red or golden orb, depending on the thick...
Australia orders evacuation of fire-ravaged towns before heatwave
Jan 02, 2020 (AFP)
Catastrophic blazes ripped through the country's south-east on New Year's Eve, killing at least eight people and stranding holidaymakers. New South Wales (NSW) ...
Australia orders mass evacuation of fire-ravaged towns before heatwave
Jan 01, 2020 (AFP)
Catastrophic blazes ripped through swathes of the continent's south-east on New Year's Eve, killing at least eight people and stranding holidaymakers as seaside...
Australia scrambles to reach thousands stranded by bushfires
Jan 01, 2020 (AFP)
Navy ships and military aircraft were deployed alongside emergency crews Wednesday to provide humanitarian relief and assess the damage from one of the worst da...
Bushfires reach Melbourne as heatwave fans Australia blazes
Dec 30, 2019 (AFP)
Authorities in the country's second-biggest city downgraded an earlier bushfire emergency warning but said residents should steer clear of the blaze, which has ...
Tourists, firefighters flee as new heatwave fans Australia blazes
Dec 30, 2019 (AFP)
Authorities said "quite a number" of the 30,000 tourists visiting the usually picturesque southeast tip of the continent had heeded calls to evacuate. More than...
Australia to compensate bushfire volunteers
Dec 29, 2019 (AFP)
Rural Fire Service volunteers who have spent at least 10 days battling blazes in worst-hit New South Wales (NSW) state are immediately eligible for the scheme, ...
Families homeless at Christmas after forest fire in Chilean port
Dec 26, 2019 (AFP)
The blaze broke out Tuesday on Rocuant and San Roque hills and continued to burn on Wednesday, though with less intensity. About 245 homes were "affected" by th...
State of emergency declared as bushfires rage in Australia
Dec 19, 2019 (AFP)
About 100 fires have been burning for weeks in drought-plagued New South Wales (NSW) with half of them uncontained, including a "mega-blaze" ringing Sydney, cov...
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