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Australia hunts deadly bushfire arsonists
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian police combed through blackened wastelands on Tuesday, searching for clues in the hunt for arsonists they believe started some of the nation's deadliest bushfires.
Australia mourns bushfire victims
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia mourned the victims of deadly bushfires at church services across the country on Sunday while the government vowed to create an early warning system to try to avoid a repetition of the disaster.
Australia braces for "highest-risk" bushfire season
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia has begun preparing more than 1,000 fire refuges and will recast its national alert system to warn of
Climate change fuels bushfire risk as Australia heats up
SYDNEY: “A sunburnt country... with a pitiless blue sky”, so the famous poem goes, but where once Australia could rely on “steady, soaking rain”, a trend of hotter and drier weather as the climate warms is making it more vulnerable to severe bushfires.
Australia sifts through ash to ID bushfire victims
KINGLAKE, Australia (Reuters) - Forensic police sifted through ash and the twisted remains of houses on Wednesday to identify those killed in the nation's deadliest bushfires, but some are so badly burnt they may never be identified.
Bushfire smoke blankets major Australian city
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Smoke from bushfires burning hundreds of kilometres away blanketed Australia's second largest city Melbourne on Saturday, delaying flights and setting off fire alarms at the city's airport.
Australia bushfire lines drawn around Jurassic pines
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian firefighters battling bush blazes ringing Sydney are taking special action to protect stands of historic Wollemi pines which are among the earth's oldest plants, dating back 150 million years to dinosaur times.
Parts of Australia facing worst bushfire threat in 40 years
SYDNEY: Australian fire services warned Sunday that parts of New South Wales were facing the most dangerous combination of warm, dry weather and strong winds in more than 40 years as major wildfires swept the state.
Passengers panic over bushfire near Penang airport
GEORGE TOWN: A bushfire near Penang International Airport terrified passengers and put authorities on alert.
Damage bill from Australian bushfire at least Aus$700mil
SYDNEY: Australian insurance authorities have said the bill from the bushfires since September has risen to Aus$700mil (US$485mil). The Insurance Council of Australia said on Tuesday almost 9,000 claims have been made for destruction and damage so far.
