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NewsYahoo News AustraliaUnlikely reason thousands of homes face increased bushfire risk
Researchers looked at 85 different risk factors over a period of two years. Find out if you should be worried about your home.
NewsYahoo News Australia$165,000 'garden hose' set to save bushfire-battered wildlife: 'First of its kind'
Billions of animals were killed or displaced in the horrific 2019/2020 fires. Read how world-first technology is being used to rebuild their habitats and save native species from extinction.
NewsYahoo News AustraliaEurope records 'hottest ever temperature' as fires rage on
A city in Sicily almost hit 50 degrees Celsius as fires engulf the Mediterranean. Read about the devastating heatwave.
ScienceYahoo News AustraliaGlobal warming to reach 'terrifying' milestone in 2030s
Climate scientists expect 1.5C of warming to be reached in the early 2030s. Find out what that means for our planet's future.
NewsYahoo News Australia'Biblical catastrophe': Terrifying video of wildfire ferry evacuation
Thousands of people have been evacuated in Greece as they faced the worst fires the country has seen in more 30 years. See the wild footage here.
NewsYahoo News Australia'Heat dome' to 'mega-blaze': Extreme weather terms on the rise
Extreme weather events are forcing climate scientists to find new terms to describe them. Find out what these words mean and why they're needed.
NewsYahoo News AustraliaTurkey battles 'worst ever' wildfires as horrific scenes emerge
Eight people have been killed and thousands of others have been forced to flee as a heatwave continues to fan the fires. Read more.
NewsYahoo News AustraliaSatellite image reveals 'unprecedented' problem for the world
Climate change is worsening fire seasons around the world. Find out more about the huge fires that can be seen from space.
NewsYahoo News Australia'Devastation and heartbreak': Aussie firefighters sent into horrific wildfires
Firefighters from NSW and WA are being deployed to help battle massive wildfires in Canada, but crews from Victoria will remain behind. Find out why.
NewsYahoo News AustraliaTowns turn orange as impact of US fires seen from space
Fires continue to rage in the west of the US, while smoke was impacting large parts of the northeast. See the damage here.
NewsYahoo News AustraliaDisturbing 'fire clouds' emerge as huge blaze destroys 70 homes
Dangerous 'fire clouds' and storms have formed above the largest wildfire burning in the US. Find out how the unusual phenomenon occurs.
NewsYahoo News AustraliaPanic as out-of-control wildfires burn across US
Thousands of people have been evacuated as wildfires in the US take a turn for the worse. Find out more about the devastation unfolding in the northwest of the country.
NewsYahoo News Australia‘Pure hell’: Four dead in nation's worst fire in almost 50 years
A huge bushfire in Cyprus has killed four people, destroyed homes and forced evacuations of villages.
NewsYahoo News Australia'Like a morgue': Report finds government burn did not go to plan
An independent investigation will soon commence, to examine the impact of a planned burn that killed many native animals.
NewsYahoo News Australia'Catastrophic': Hazard reduction burn review after wildlife deaths
Western Australian authorities have euthanised kangaroos which were found severely burned after hazard reduction burns.
NewsYahoo News AustraliaHow Australian cities could be hit with 50C days
Parts of Australia could be bracing themselves for 50C days as the country crumbles to the impacts of global warming, a study has revealed.
NewsYahoo News Australia'Apocalypse state': New disaster wreaks havoc year after horror
Parts of NSW are now underwater after only a year ago suffering through devastating bushfires that saw livelihoods and homes destroyed.
NewsYahoo News Australia'Looked like Armageddon': Man's CCTV captures harrowing moment
Craig Longbottom could do nothing to stop the fire from engulfing his home northeast of Perth.
NewsYahoo News Australia'Nothing would survive': WA bushfires catastrophic for wildlife
Wildlife carers are not hopeful that many native animals have survived Perth's bushfires.
NewsYahoo News AustraliaChilling warning as out-of-control bushfire 'destroys 30 homes'
There are fears the Perth fire will burn through further residential areas, as locals are warned 'the extreme heat will kill you well before the flames reach you'.
NewsYahoo News Australia'Nothing but fire': Veteran firefighter's Black Summer confession
A firie with 30 years experience says when it comes to dealing with the impact of last summer's bushfires, 'the horse has already bolted'.
NewsYahoo News Australia'Too late to leave': Three homes destroyed in out-of-control bushfire
At least three homes have been destroyed in the terrifying blaze, while a firefighter has suffered minor burns and a fire truck has been incinerated.
NewsYahoo News AustraliaOutraged wildlife carers 'in tears' over new kangaroo kill plan
Victorian wildlife carers have questioned why the government would increase the kangaroo harvest quota just 12 months after the Black Summer bushfires.
NewsYahoo News AustraliaFirefighter accused of deliberately lighting more than 30 fires
NSW Police allege the man deliberately lit more than 30 separate spot fires between November 2020 and January 2021.
NewsYahoo News Australia'Unpredictable' fire threatening suburbs treated as 'suspicious'
Fire crews could remain on the ground for a few days south of Perth after blazes burnt through more than 280 hectares.
