This year's fire season in Australia feels unpredictable. One week brings torrential rain, the next a burst of heat, followed by a sharp cold snap. This kind of "climate whiplash"—rapid swings between ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The world's attention is focused on Australia, where more than 200 active bushfires are burning. Most of those are burning along the coast, where more than 85% of the country's ...

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Dozens of firefighters are gathered outside a rural brigade in Sydney's northern outskirts, listening intently to a briefing about a hazard reduction burn. "It's a fairly small burn, but it's fairly ...

Aerial footage shows the extent of damage caused by “catastrophic” bushfires in Australia’s Victoria state, which has forced communities to evacuate and hundreds of schools to close. More than 30 ...

Areas of southern Australia already hit by ongoing drought conditions face a heightened risk of fire this winter, according to the latest seasonal fire report. The Seasonal Bushfire Outlook, published ...

Australian authorities declared a state of disaster on Saturday after bushfires destroyed houses and razed vast belts of forest in the country's southeast. Temperatures soared past 40C as a heat wave ...