Jan 16 Australia firefighters save world's only rare dinosaur trees By Rod McGuirk, Associated Press Firefighters winched from helicopters to reach the cluster of fewer than 200 Wollemi Pines in a remote gorge in the Blue Mountains a week before a massive wildlife bore down. Continue reading
Jan 10 More Australians evacuate as heat and winds increase fire threat By Nick Perry, Associated Press Firefighters were working into the night to keep the fires from reaching communities as fierce winds whipped the blazes in multiple directions. Continue reading
Jan 09 As wildfires get worse, spreading smoke stokes health worries By Matthew Brown, Associated Press Increasingly intense wildfires are scorching forests from California to Australia and stoking concern among residents and health professionals about long-term health impacts from smoke exposure. Continue reading
Jan 08 Watch 5:54 Australia's catastrophic and relentless battle with bushfires By Kylie Morris, Independent Television News The devastation from wildfires in Australia is on a scale that is difficult to comprehend. More than 20 million acres have burned, destroying 2,000 homes and killing potentially hundreds of millions of animals, as well as 27 people. Although the… Continue watching
Jan 08 Watch 6:13 How Australia is fighting fires while also mounting recovery effort As devastating bushfires continue to burn across Australia, how is the country’s government responding? William Brangham speaks with David Littleproud, Australia’s minister for natural disaster and emergency management, about fighting fires while also embarking upon a recovery effort, whether the… Continue watching
Jan 06 How to help the victims of Australia's wildfires By Rebecca Oh The blazes are estimated to have burned an area double the size of the state of Maryland, and killed or displaced up to 480 million animals since September 2019. Continue reading
Jan 06 Australia to pay 'whatever it takes' to fight wildfires By Nick Perry, Kristen Gelineau, Associated Press Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the government was committing an extra 2 billion Australian dollars ($1.4 billion) toward the recovery effort in addition to the tens of millions of dollars that have already been promised. Continue reading
Jan 04 'Not safe to move': Fire threats intensify in Australia By Shonal Ganguly, Steve McMorran, Associated Press The death toll in the worst wildfire season in Australian history is now up to 23 people, the prime minister said. Continue reading
Jan 03 Heat and strong winds threaten to worsen Australia wildfires By Shonal Ganguly, Steve McMorran, Associated Press More than 200 fires were burning, and warnings of extreme danger to come Saturday prompted mass evacuations. Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch 3:31 Deadly wildfires rage across Australia, with forecasts of worse to come By Dan Rivers, ITN Vast swaths of Australia are still burning, with thousands of people under evacuation orders -- and forecasts of worse to come. A record summer fire season has charred 12 million acres, destroyed 1,400 homes and killed 17 people. The states… Continue watching