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Residents flee, find shelter as bushfire nears South Australian town
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Residents of a small town in South Australia state were warned to seek shelter on Monday as firefighters were called in to battle a fast-moving grassfire.
Bushfires in a wet year have Australia's scientists looking to climate change
SYDNEY (Reuters) - In a summer that was supposed to be unusually cool and wet, Australian builder Rob Lye did not expect to be trapped by a bushfire on sub-tropical Fraser Island and battling with his neighbours to protect their homes.
Firefighters slow bushfire threatening township in Australia's Fraser Island
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian authorities on Monday managed to stave off a massive bushfire as it neared a coastal township on world heritage-listed Fraser Island, part of the Great Barrier Reef.
Australia bushfire threatens township on World Heritage-listed Fraser island
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Residents of a coastal township on Australia's World Heritage-listed Fraser Island were told to evacuate on Sunday as a bushfire approached.
Weekend scorcher: Australia braces for first major heat wave of fire season
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia is bracing for the first major heat wave of the bush fire season this weekend with temperatures forecast to hit well above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), prompting authorities to urge people to stay indoors.
Mobile hospital for injured Australian wildlife hits the road
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A mobile hospital for injured wildlife such as koalas and kangaroos began a journey on Thursday to its new base in Byron Bay, on Australia's east coast.
Australia forecasts prolonged wildfire seasons, more droughts from climate change
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's climate will continue to warm, resulting in prolonged wildfire seasons and less rain in the southeast and southwest that will lead to more frequent droughts, the country's weather bureau said on Friday.
Australia needs national response to 'alarming' disaster future - enquiry
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia needs national coordination of disaster responses, a change to laws to allow country-wide state of emergencies and simplified climate-change projections, an enquiry into its worst bushfire season in a generation found on Friday.
From disease to bushfires, Australia's iconic koalas face bleak future
KANANGRA-BOYD NATIONAL PARK, Australia (Reuters) - At work, Morgan Philpott cares for sick children. In his off-hours the Australian paediatric nurse turns his attention to an equally defenceless group: unwell koalas.
Australia expects La Nina to bring wetter than usual end to 2020
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's weather bureau expects a wetter than usual end to the year across the country's north and east, it said on Tuesday, benefiting grain growers after years of tinder-dry conditions and bringing a respite for fire officials.
