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Australia receives bittersweet bushfires reprieve with floods, cyclone

Reuters
Posted at Feb 06 10:23 AM

Many Australians were experiencing a bittersweet break from the threat of bushfires on Thursday, with heavy rain deluging many areas and a tropical cyclone forecast to hit the country's northwest over the weekend. Read more »

Aircraft fighting Australia bushfires loses contact, may have crashed

Sonali Paul, Reuters
Posted at Jan 23 03:37 PM

MELBOURNE - An aircraft fighting bushfires in Australia lost contact with ground control and may have crashed, officials said on Thursday, as soaring temperatures and strong winds fanned blazes in the country's southeast including one on the capital's doorstep. Read more »

Australia's bushfire danger returns as Sydney faces scorching heat

Reuters
Posted at Jan 23 08:37 AM

Soaring temperatures are set to stoke simmering bushfires in Australia's southeast on Thursday, with Sydney forecast to hit 41 degrees Celsius (105.8 Fahrenheit) following a few days of reprieve. 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 »

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 »

Australian firefighters get reprieve after tough night

Reuters
Posted at Jan 11 09:56 AM

SYDNEY - Bushfire conditions on Australia's east coast eased on Saturday after a tough night for firefighters and authorities said they expect to have at least a week of milder weather where they can improve defences against the huge blazes still burning. Read more »

'Get out': Australians urged to flee as huge bushfires revitalize

Colin Packham and Wayne Cole, Reuters
Posted at Jan 10 09:52 AM

SYDNEY - Australian authorities urged nearly a quarter of a million people to evacuate their homes on Friday and prepared military backup as soaring temperatures and erratic winds were expected to fan deadly bushfires across the east coast. Read more »

Australia issues new evacuation alerts as monster bushfires regenerate

Sonali Paul, Reuters
Posted at Jan 09 09:01 AM

MELBOURNE - Authorities issued new warnings and evacuation notices across southeast Australia on Thursday, as a return of hot weather fanned huge bushfires threatening several towns and communities. Read more »

Australian authorities warn bushfire reprieve will be over soon

Colin Packham and Byron Kaye, Reuters
Posted at Jan 08 10:55 AM

Complicating the recovery effort, authorities have forecast another temperature spike as soon as Friday, with little rain, meaning a return to hazardous conditions.   Read more »

NBA: Australian players commit $750,000 to bushfire relief efforts

Reuters
Posted at Jan 08 07:48 AM

A group of nine Australian players from the National Basketball Association have committed $750,000 towards the relief and recovery efforts amid devastating bushfires in their home country, the league said on Tuesday. Read more »

Fire-hit Australia gets $1.4-billion recovery fund as troops deployed

Glenda Kwek, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 06 03:28 PM

Reserve troops fanned out across fire-ravaged regions in three Australian states on Monday after a horror weekend, as the government pledged $1.4 billion over two years to help recover from the devastating months-long crisis. Read more »

Australia races to evacuate stranded as bushfires take a breather

Sonali Paul and Jonathan Barrett, Reuters
Updated as of Jan 06 10:31 AM

Australian officials used a respite on Monday from fierce wildfires that have killed 24 people across the country's southeast to race to reopen blocked roads and evacuate people who have been trapped for days. Read more »

Firefighters hit out at Aussie PM over bushfire response

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 05 10:59 AM

Australian firefighters -- from top brass to weary volunteers -- hit out Prime Minister Scott Morrison's handling of the bushfire crisis Sunday, as strains from the months-long fight began to show. Read more »

Australian bushfires ease on cooler weather, death toll rises

Reuters
Posted at Jan 05 09:00 AM

A weather change eased fire threats in southeastern Australia on Sunday after a horror day of blazes that killed one man and injured four firefighters, though authorities said risks remained with a number of fires burning at emergency levels. Read more »

Horse guides rider fleeing Australian bushfires to find safety at pub

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 04 03:12 PM

Choking smoke from raging bushfires blocked Bec Winter's path to safety but she put faith in her horse Charmer to find a way, eventually reaching refuge in a local pub in the coastal town of Moruya, Winter said on Saturday. Read more »

Bushfires sweep across southeast Australia, 2 more killed

John Mair and Will Ziebell, Reuters
Posted at Jan 04 01:06 PM

SYDNEY/MELBOURNE - Bushfires were burning dangerously out of control on Australia's east coast on Saturday, fueled by soaring temperatures and strong winds that had firefighters battling to save lives and property. Read more »

Australian navy begins mass evacuations as new fire threat looms

Jill Gralow and Wayne Cole, Reuters
Updated as of Jan 03 12:33 PM

BATEMANS BAY, Australia/SYDNEY - The Australian navy on Friday began evacuating around 1,000 people stranded on the east coast of the fire-ravaged country as a searing weather front was set to whip up more blazes across the states of Victoria and New South Wales (NSW). Read more »

Australia orders mass evacuation of fire-ravaged towns before heatwave

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 02 07:58 AM

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 towns were ringed by flames.   Read more »

Australian firefighters spend Christmas Day containing blazes; temperatures to soar

Will Ziebell, Reuters
Posted at Dec 25 04:35 PM

MELBOURNE - Australian firefighters used cooler conditions on Christmas Day to try and contain bushfires ahead of hot, dry weather later in the week, as leaders and communities thanked them for sacrificing time with their families over the holidays. Read more »

Several dead as bushfires hit emergency level on Sydney's outskirts

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 21 01:51 PM

Catastrophic conditions fueled massive bushfires across Australia's New South Wales state on Saturday, with three blazes around Sydney burning at emergency level, while in South Australia one person was found dead in a fire zone. Read more »