Australian authorities urged people in dozens of rural communities to leave home “immediately” on Thursday to escape an out-of-control bushfire tearing through a national park.

Australian authorities urged people in dozens of rural communities on Thursday to leave home "immediately" to escape an out-of-control bushfire tearing through a national park. About 600 ...

Australian authorities urged people in dozens of rural communities to leave home "immediately" Thursday to escape an out-of-control bushfire tearing through a national park.

SYDNEY – An uncontained bushfire raging in Australia’s Victoria state that has prompted an evacuation order for hundreds of residents will burn for several days, officials said on Dec 22.

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Fresh evacuation warnings were issued on Friday for dozens of rural Australian towns as around 1,000 firefighters battled a bushfire in Victoria state which has destroyed ...

Australia dubs bushfires with names as memorials, like 2009’s Black Saturday and Black Summer of 2019–2020. It is the only English-speaking country to do so.

East Gippsland and the north-west of Victoria are two regions facing an increased likelihood of significant bushfires during spring, according to the Australasian Fire Authorities Council.

The Black Summer megafires engulfing south-eastern Australia in 2019–2020 were so intense they burned habitats rarely exposed to fire, such as southern warm temperate rainforest.

Australia's extreme bushfire season in 2019-2020 is responsible for a large, long-lasting phytoplankton bloom off the coast of Antarctica.

The most socio-economically disadvantaged communities in Australia were disproportionately affected by the devastating 2019 to 2020 bushfire season.

One planned burn is just 500 metres from a site where Birdlife Australia has installed nest boxes specifically for the rare cockatoo under a $50,000 federally funded bushfire recovery project.