Bushfires in Australia continue to rage on as first responders work to get citizens to safety. Aerial crews noticed a woman ...

Bushfire Smoke Alert - Greater Launceston area - Avoid smokeThis is a Smoke Alert message for the Greater Launceston area – ...

By Christine Chen SYDNEY, Jan 28 (Reuters) - A record-breaking heatwave baked Australia's southeast for a fifth straight day on Wednesday, fanning bushfires and straining the power grid, leaving ...

Vast swaths of southeastern Australia are sweltering in a heat wave that’s pushed temperatures to close to 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) and forced some residents to protect their ...

More than 1,000 families in Victoria are being urged to evacuate as bushfires burn across the state and a severe heatwave pushes temperatures in parts of southeast Australia towards 50C.

Residents in the area bounded by Approach Road, Coulston Road, Darlington Road, Beenong Road, Glen Road, Victor Road and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Firefighters warned millions of Australians of "catastrophic" bushfire dangers as they battled multiple blazes stoked by a ...

Firefighters in Tasmania, Australia, rescued a woman who was signaling for help amid an out-of-control bushfire (Feb. 6, 2026 ...

An emergency warning issued by the Western Australia Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) said the bushfire was ...

From bushfires Down Under to European floods, insurance and brokerage leaders are facing the same pressure-cooker mix: surge volumes, complex coverage questions, increasing claims costs, rising custom ...

Local authorities say factors such as the dry landscape and climate change contributed to intense fires during an early ...

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 heatwave ...