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Australia: Bushfires blaze in Blue Mountains
Firefighters are working to strengthen containment lines around three blazes burning uncontained in the Blue Mountains as the bushfire emergency…
Aussie firefighters warn – ‘it’s not over yet’
Firefighters battling blazes that menaced the western suburbs of Sydney, Australia’s largest city, are concerned about Thursday’s weather conditions. “Still…
Weather Video: Labour Weekend weather update
Rough weather and sunny weather are both in the forecast this long weekend. Generally speaking western areas of the South…
Australia: Firefighters make progress in NSW
Thousands of firefighters will today continue to hold the line against the fires rampaging to the west and north of…
Australia: Major fire threat averted but ‘long, tough road ahead’
Thousands of firefighters will today continue to hold the line against the fires rampaging to the west and north of…
Australia – ‘Megafire’ threatens NSW communities
Rural fire chief says some communities to Sydney’s west might be ‘simply unsaveable’. The unique landscape that made disaster inevitable…
UN Climate Chief claims link ‘between climate change and wildfires’
There is “absolutely” a link between climate change and wildfires, U.N. Climate Chief Christiana Figueres told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on…
NSW braced for more fires
An enormous and “very volatile” fire in the NSW Blue Mountains continues to worry firefighters, with one township evacuated ahead…
Australia – Another NSW fire rages out of control
Firefighters were last night desperately battling out-of-control fires threatening homes and properties across much of the southeast of New South…
Australia – Bushfire warnings in NSW
Hot, dry and gusty northwesterly winds across New South Wales are causing dangerous fire conditions and potential record October heat.A…
