Survivors of a devastating 2009 bushfire in Australia won a nearly Aus$500 million (US$470 million) payout Tuesday in the biggest class action settlement in the nation's history. The Kilmore East ...

Bushfires destroyed houses and razed vast belts of forest in southeast Australia on Friday, firefighters said, as hot winds fanned "hectic" conditions in the tinder-dry countryside. Temperatures ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Clear Range fire burns near Bredbo North after overrunning the property of Lawrence and Claire Cowie on Feb. 1, 2020, near ...

SYDNEY, Jan 11 – Human remains were found in Australia’s southeast where bushfires raging for days have razed buildings, cut power to thousands of homes and burned swathes of bushland, police said on ...

A national bushfire outlook forecasts above-average daytime and overnight temperatures for winter and an increased risk for ...

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends a conversation on Governing for Working People at the 2025 Global Progress Action Summit, in London, Britain, September 26, 2025. REUTERS/Jack ...

Firefighters warned millions of Australians of "catastrophic" bushfire dangers on Thursday as they battled multiple blazes stoked by a heatwave blanketing the country. Temperatures are forecast to ...

The posts share photos of fires in the US alongside false information about evacuation orders. Emergency services in both countries confirmed no alerts were issued when the posts appeared A post by a ...

The residents of Canberra might know a little about what Los Angeles is going through. Exactly 22 years ago, a wildfire became a devastating urban fire in the Australian capital. On Jan. 18, 2003, ...