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Australia to screen some flights from China, warns coronavirus difficult to stop

Colin Packham, Reuters
Posted at Jan 21 08:25 AM

Chinese authorities have confirmed more than 200 people have caught the new virus, which causes a type of pneumonia that has killed four people in the central city of Wuhan. Read more »

Giant hail, 'apocalyptic' dust storms batter bushfire-weary Australia

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 20 04:12 PM

SYDNEY -"Apocalyptic" dust storms swept across drought-stricken areas of Australia over the weekend, with thunder and giant hail battering the east coast, as extreme weather patterns collided in the bushfire-fatigued country. Read more »

Climate change pushing Australia's platypus towards extinction: researchers

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 20 02:09 PM

SYDNEY - Prolonged drought and other effects of climate change are pushing Australia's unique platypus population towards extinction, scientists warned in a study published Monday. Read more »

Australian government to aid tourism industry as bushfires recede

Lidia Kelly, Reuters
Posted at Jan 19 02:53 PM

The Australian government said on Sunday it will financially aid the country's tourism sector that's been badly hit by long-lasting bushfires, as Melbourne braced for downpours at the start of one of its greatest allures, the Australian Open. Read more »

Floods, road closures in Australia as storms lash some bushfire-hit regions

Lidia Kelly, Reuters
Posted at Jan 18 02:28 PM

Parts 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. Read more »

Secret mission saves Australia's 'dinosaur trees' from bushfires

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 16 06:33 PM

SYDNEY, Australia - A secret operation by specialist firefighters has saved the world's last stand of Wollemi Pines, a pre-historic species known as "dinosaur trees", from Australia's unprecedented bushfires, officials said.   Read more »

Relief as rain falls over Australian bushfires

Thomas Lowe, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 16 06:32 PM

Heavy rain fell across parts of fire-ravaged eastern Australia on Thursday and more wet weather was forecast, giving some relief following months of catastrophic blazes fuelled by climate change. Read more »

Race to save animals on Australia's fire-ravaged 'Galapagos'

Holly Robertson, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 03:49 PM

KANGAROO ISLAND, Australia – On an island famed as Australia's "Galapagos" for its unique and abundant wildlife, rescuers are racing to save rare animals in a bushfire-ravaged landscape.   Read more »

Thunderstorms sweep across Australia's bushfire-ravaged east coast

Lidia Kelly, Reuters
Posted at Jan 16 08:46 AM

MELBOURNE - Thunderstorms and heavy rain swept across parts of Australia's east coast on Thursday, bringing hope that some of the fierce bushfires razing the country will be extinguished - or at least slowed.   Read more »

5,000 feral camels killed in drought-hit Australia

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 15 11:01 AM

SYDNEY - Helicopter-borne marksmen killed more than 5,000 camels in a five-day cull of feral herds that were threatening indigenous communities in drought-stricken areas of southern Australia, officials said Tuesday. Read more »

Rain to bring relief, risks to fire-stricken Australia

Reuters
Posted at Jan 15 09:16 AM

Heavy downpours now bring the risk of landslides and water pollution, meteorologists and water authorities said. Read more »

Makeshift koala hospital scrambles to save dozens injured in bushfires

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 15 01:46 AM

Almost half of Kangaroo Island has been razed by fire and an estimated 80 percent of koala habitat wiped out. Read more »

Melbourne smothered in smoke as Australian bushfires burn despite cool change

Kate Lamb, Reuters
Posted at Jan 14 10:38 AM

SYDNEY - Australia's devastating bushfire season is far from over despite cooler weather this week, Victorian state officials warned on Tuesday as Melbourne was blanketed by hazardous smoke. Read more »

7 billion years: Scientists say oldest solid material found

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 14 07:56 AM

The stardust, formed five to seven billion years ago, came from a meteorite that fell to Earth 50 years ago in Australia, they said in a paper published in the journal PNAS.   Read more »

Tennis: Barty still on top but gap narrows ahead of Australia Open

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 13 07:31 PM

Ashley Barty holds on to top spot in the WTA rankings released Monday but Karolina Pliskova has narrowed the gap heading into the Australia Open. Read more »

Federer to add to Australia bushfire appeal as tennis donations swell

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 13 04:06 PM

Roger Federer said he would donate to the Australia bushfires appeal on Monday after tennis players pledged hundreds of thousands of dollars to the disaster relief fund. Read more »

Australian firefighter dies battling blazes, raising death toll to 28

Reuters
Posted at Jan 12 08:38 AM

A firefighter died while on duty on Saturday in Australia's state of Victoria, raising the toll from this season's devastating bushfires to 28 deaths as the government deploys mental health services to aid those in affected areas.   Read more »

Pacquiao launches fundraising campaign to help Australian firefighters

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 11 08:52 PM

Count Manny Pacquiao among the celebrities and athletes who have lent a helping hand to Australia which is in crisis due to the persistent wildfires that already damaged a large portion of the country.  Read more »

Philippine Red Cross to donate P5M to victims of Australia's bushfire

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 11 05:38 PM

The Philippine Red Cross will donate P5 million to victims of the bushfires in Australia, the organization's chair Senator Richard Gordon said Friday, as the fires continue to ravage the world's sixth largest country 4 months since it ignited. Read more »

Scientists paint Australia fires as red alert on climate change

Laurie Goering, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jan 11 09:59 AM

LONDON - With the sky outside a menacing red, Nerilie Abram's family is staying inside, with the windows shut and curtains drawn at their home in Canberra, Australia's smoke-choked capital. Read more »