Satellite imagery shows vast smoke plumes billowing across Bass Strait as Victorian authorities remain on high alert ahead of hot conditions forecast for Thursday.

A cool change hit Melbourne on Tuesday afternoon after another hot night, but not before temperatures neared 40 degrees and ...

The catastrophic fires in Los Angeles are far from extinguished, but the blame game is already raging. Apocalyptic images of entire communities returned to ash have been interspliced with a steady ...

Several wildfires are continuing to rapidly spread ... Manager Christopher Valles said all seven of its care centers are near capacity. The Pasadena Humane shelter continues to provide emergency ...