A rapidly warming world means more frequent and intense bushfires. And in Australia, the strengthening El Niño could create the conditions for fierce fires this summer. To protect our communities, ...

Parts of seven Australian states and territories will have an increased risk of bushfires during spring 2026.

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 ...

The suppression of Indigenous burning practices in Australia after British colonization probably transformed swathes of the southeast into dense, flammable forests that contribute to bigger, hotter ...

Bushfires have razed hundreds of buildings across southeast Australia, authorities said Sunday, as they confirmed the first death from the disaster. Temperatures soared past 40C as a heat wave ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People take pictures near the Sydney Opera House, in Circular Quay, during hot weather in Sydney, Australia, January 27, 2026.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Longwood bushfire burns, in a location given as Longwood, Victoria, Australia, in this handout image released on January 7, ...

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 ...

Heavy rain fell across parts of fire-ravaged eastern Australia on Thursday and more wet weather was forecast, giving some relief following months of catastrophic blazes fuelled by climate change. The ...

Rain and thunderstorms doused long-burning bushfires across much of eastern Australia Saturday, but they also brought a new threat of flooding in some areas. Major bushfires continued to rage in ...