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Share the Australia Fires Storyboard with FriendsAustralia's bushfire-stricken state pays tribute to 25 victims
Reuters - 23 Feb 2020 06:42
Families, firefighters and politicians gathered in a solemn public ceremony in Sydney on Sunday to honor the 25 people k...
Heavy rains bring both relief and new dangers to bushfire-hit Australia
Reuters - 10 Feb 2020 04:37
A four-day downpour across Australia's east coast has brought relief after months of devastating bushfires and years of ...
Australia fires: Heavy rain extinguishes third of blazes in NSW
BBC - 7 Feb 2020 05:00
"This is that constant, steady, decent rainfall we've been praying for," said the fire service.
State of emergency declared in Australia capital
CNN - 31 Jan 2020 16:47
A state of emergency has been declared in Australia's capital city of Canberra as bushfires move rapidly in the area, ac...
Australian police warn public to stop taking pictures of wildfires
Fox News - 31 Jan 2020 16:45
Australian officials are fed up with people trying to take pictures of wildfires.
Australian wildfire sparked by helicopter fighting blazes threatens homes on Canberra outskirts
Fox News - 28 Jan 2020 16:45
A wildfire sparked by a military helicopter helping firefighting efforts was blazing out of control and threatening home...
The Australia fires portend a future of climate apartheid
Al Jazeera English - 27 Jan 2020 17:04
The climate denialism of the rich and powerful is increasing the suffering of the poor and marginalised communities.
Australians open wallets, hearts for fire-ravaged communities
Al Jazeera English - 26 Jan 2020 06:04
Tens of millions of dollars raised for fire service, animals and communities through donations, creative fundraisers.
Australia mourns U.S. firefighters as probe into plane crash begins
Reuters - 24 Jan 2020 05:00
Firefighters in Australia held a minute's silence on Friday for three U.S. colleagues killed in a plane crash as investi...
Australia's fires may accelerate a jump in CO2 forecasted in 2020
New Scientist - 24 Jan 2020 02:01
The UK's Met Office is forecasting a big increase in CO2 levels in 2020, due in part to the extreme wildfires that have ...
Australia fires live: Canberra airport closed as bushfire flares up on NSW south coast - latest upda...
The Guardian - 23 Jan 2020 04:54
Residents near a bushfire south of Canberra's airport told to seek shelter as extreme temperatures fan bushfires across ...
Australia fires reignite as temperatures soar, rain eases
Al Jazeera English - 23 Jan 2020 04:41
Officials say blazes in southern New South Wales have flared as Sydney again shrouded in hazardous smoke from fires.
Australian bushfires fires hit coal output, conditions to worsen
Reuters - 21 Jan 2020 02:27
Mining giant BHP Group said on Tuesday that poor air quality caused by smoke from Australia's bushfires is hurting coal ...
Australia fires: Have gum trees made the bushfires worse?
BBC - 19 Jan 2020 03:03
Eucalyptus trees tend to be highly flammable, but they also have the ability to recover from fires.
Severe floods in Australia after devastating bushfires
Al Jazeera English - 18 Jan 2020 16:03
Heavy rain has soaked coastal areas of Queensland and New South Wales over the last few days.
Firefighters Save Australia's Endangered 'Dinosaur Trees' From Raging Bushfires
Gizmodo - 16 Jan 2020 17:05
The Wollemi Pines in Australia are like nothing else in the world. These so-called "dinosaur trees" live in northwest Sy...
Australia fires: How poor air quality affects tennis players
BBC - 16 Jan 2020 14:14
A professor of sport and exercise science explains the implications of poor air quality for sports people and spectators...
Smoke forces delay in Australian Open qualifying
ESPN - 15 Jan 2020 02:00
Australian Open officials have delayed the start of play by two hours on the second day of qualifying, hoping that smoke...
Bushfires Are 'Obliterating the Cultural Memory' of Australia's Aboriginal People
Gizmodo - 14 Jan 2020 17:00
The deadly, ongoing bushfires in Australia have been burning for months. Around Christmas, however, the glittering orang...
Australia's massive fires could become routine, climate scientists warn
Reuters - 14 Jan 2020 04:37
Bushfires ravaging Australia have provided a foretaste of the kinds of conditions that could become normal unless the wo...
Melbourne smothered in smoke as Australian bushfires burn despite cool change
Reuters - 14 Jan 2020 04:37
Australia's devastating bushfire season is far from over despite cooler weather this week, Victorian state officials war...
ITF, Grand Slams pledge $400K for Aussie bushfires
ESPN - 14 Jan 2020 00:18
The International Tennis Federation and the groups that run the US Open, French Open and Wimbledon pledged a total of $4...
Sydney Opera House illuminates its sails in moving tribute to Australian firefighters
CNN - 13 Jan 2020 04:28
The Sydney Opera House honored Australian firefighters over the weekend with a moving tribute.
Australian prime minister's approval rating singed by bushfires
Reuters - 13 Jan 2020 04:09
A political poll showed Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's popularity declined sharply as his government grapple...
Koalas could be classified as ENDANGERED because so many have been killed by the bushfires
Daily Mail - 13 Jan 2020 03:41
Australian Environment Minister Sussan Ley said the marsupials had taken an 'extraordinary hit'.
Amazon's Donation to Australia's Bushfire Recovery Is Insulting
Motherboard - 13 Jan 2020 03:12
Instead of a small donation to greenwash his company's devastating climate record, Jeff Bezos should try paying his taxe...
Australia turns from defense to offense in wildfire battle
Boston - 12 Jan 2020 15:20
A break in the weather is changing how firefighters in Australia are battling the flames.
Choppers are used to drop thousands of kilograms of food for animals starving to death bushfires
Daily Mail - 12 Jan 2020 05:44
The New South Wales government has started doing food-drops, trickling thousands of kilograms of carrots and sweet potat...
Australian bushfires: Sydney Opera House pays tribute to firefighters
New York Post - 11 Jan 2020 16:28
The sails of the Sydney Opera House glowed Saturday night with images of the heroic firefighters who have been battling ...
Extinction Rebellion protesters around the world slam Scott Morrison over Australia's bushfires
Daily Mail - 11 Jan 2020 04:33
Activists from Europe to South America flooded to the streets to demand action on climate change on Friday amid a relent...
Leonardo DiCaprio's environmental organization donates $3 million to Australia
Page Six - 10 Jan 2020 17:16
The climate change activist put his money where his mouth is.
'It's unimaginable': the Australian bushfires - podcast
The Guardian - 9 Jan 2020 05:00
Bushfires have swept large parts of Australia since October, leaving more than 23 people dead, destroying thousands of h...
Australians urged to evacuate as monster bushfires regenerate
Al Jazeera English - 9 Jan 2020 04:53
Hot temperatures and high winds expected to fan flames of blazes that have devastated parts of country since September.
Australia wildfires destroyed nearly 800 homes in 8 days
ABC News - 8 Jan 2020 17:08
Australia wildfires have destroyed nearly 800 homes in eight days.
Metallica Donate More Than $500,000 to Battle "Heartbreaking" Fires in Australia
SPIN - 8 Jan 2020 17:01
Metallica is stepping up to help battle the devastating fires in Australia that have killed at least 25 people, with mor...
Elton John pledges $1 million dollars to Australian bushfire relief
Consequence of Sound - 8 Jan 2020 05:25
"We should all be in the awe of the work the firefighters are doing." Elton John pledges $1 million dollars to Australia...
Australian authorities warn bushfire reprieve will be over soon
Reuters - 8 Jan 2020 04:59
Australian authorities warned people on Wednesday to prepare for another wave of evacuations as temperatures in the coun...
Australian bushfires: Ellen DeGeneres launches a $5million GoFundMe page
Daily Mail - 8 Jan 2020 04:34
She has already made donations to the Rural Fire Service, Australian Red Cross and WIRES Wildlife Rescue.
Australian bushfires: Jimmy Fallon pleads with Tonight Show viewers to donate
Daily Mail - 8 Jan 2020 04:15
Jimmy Fallon asked his millions of viewers across the U.S. to donate to the Australian Red Cross on Tuesday.
Federer, Nadal, Kyrgios to headline bushfire event
ESPN - 8 Jan 2020 03:57
Tennis Australia has announced Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Nick Kyrgios will headline a charity exhibition event cal...
Formula 1 monitoring situation in Australia amid bushfires
Total F1 - 8 Jan 2020 00:00
Formula 1 and organisers of the Australian Grand Prix are monitoring the situation in the country amid ongoing bushfires...
Teen firefighter is among dozens accused of igniting fires that have ravaged Australia
USA Today - 7 Jan 2020 16:45
A teenage volunteer firefighter is among two dozen people accused of lighting historic fires that have raged across Aust...
Australian bushfires: Chris Hemsworth and his family donate $1MILLION
Daily Mail - 7 Jan 2020 05:34
Chris Hemsworth has pledged $1million towards helping firefighters and residents affected by the Australian bushfires.
Iggy Azalea reveals she's raised $100,000 for bushfire relief
Daily Mail - 7 Jan 2020 05:31
She famously claimed that she had 'no connection' to Australia despite being born and raised Down Under.
A nation on fire: Astonishing graphic shows the true scale of bushfires across Australia
Daily Mail - 7 Jan 2020 04:54
The brightest spots on the graphic are in New South Wales and Victoria, where more than 2,000 homes have been damaged or...
Bushfires could hamper Australian Open
Sky Sports - 7 Jan 2020 01:05
Australian Open organisers are monitoring the air quality in Melbourne amid the bushfire crisis with matches facing susp...
Australia fires: Rain falls but warnings of huge blazes ahead
BBC - 6 Jan 2020 04:55
Rain and cooler temperatures bring relief - but authorities warn of a "mega blaze" later this week.
Here are 8 ways you can donate money to Australia's bushfire relief effort
Business Insider - 6 Jan 2020 04:52
Kate Geraghty/The SMH/Fairfax Media via Getty Images As of Monday morning local time, there are 136 fires burning across...
Australia races to evacuate stranded as bushfires take a breather
Reuters - 6 Jan 2020 03:45
Australian officials used a respite on Monday from fierce wildfires that have killed 24 people across the country's sout...
Nicole Kidman And Keith Urban Pledge $500,000 To Australian Wildfire Relief
Deadline - 5 Jan 2020 05:08
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are among the celebrities offering help to those affected by the wildfires ravaging Austra...
Australia bushfires: Death toll rises as temperature drop offers respite
Sky News - 5 Jan 2020 04:23
A drop in temperature and rain showers have brought hope of a respite from bushfires that have ravaged three Australian...
8,000 koalas perish in the bushfires sweeping across Australia
Daily Mail - 5 Jan 2020 03:52
The number of dead koalas is equal to a third of their population in New South Wales. Ecologists say the animal may have...
Horse guides rider fleeing Australian bushfires to find safety at pub
Firstpost - 5 Jan 2020 02:42
By Jill Gralow MORUYA, Australia
Australia's Deadly Wildfires in Photos: The View from Space
SPACE.com - 4 Jan 2020 15:10
Australia's deadly wildfires have killed at least 17 people since they began in September 2019 and continued into Januar...
Mass evacuation as catastrophic bushfires worsen in Australia
Al Jazeera English - 4 Jan 2020 14:16
More than 6 million hectares burned, at least 23 dead and dozens missing, as fires ravage southeastern Australia.
Australia Fire Updates: As Fires Spread, Reservists Are Called Up
The New York Times - 4 Jan 2020 06:40
Officials across three states braced for what they feared could be the worst day yet of Australia's disastrous fire seas...
There's a fire in Australia the size of Manhattan
CNN - 4 Jan 2020 06:15
Three fires have combined to form a single blaze bigger than the New York borough of Manhattan as Australian firefighter...
Bushfires sweep across southeast Australia, 2 more killed
Reuters - 4 Jan 2020 05:26
Bushfires were burning dangerously out of control on Australia's east coast on Saturday, fueled by soaring temperatures ...
Australia bushfires death toll rises as 3,000 army reservists are deployed
Sky News - 4 Jan 2020 05:12
An extra 3,000 army reservists have been called up to help tackle Australia's bushfires with the situation expected to w...
Australia Prime Minister defers visits to India, Japan amid bushfire emergency
Reuters - 4 Jan 2020 05:04
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has canceled official trips to India and Japan that were scheduled for the seco...
Australian government deploys army reservists, third navy ship to support firefighters
Reuters - 4 Jan 2020 05:00
The Australian government said on Saturday that thousands of army reservists would be deployed to help communities hit b...
Bushfires push Australia's rare species to extinction
Daily Mail - 4 Jan 2020 03:59
More than half a million creatures have been killed by bushfire pushing Australia's rare species to extinction as feral ...
Half of Kangaroo Island is destroyed by 'unstoppable' bushfire
Daily Mail - 4 Jan 2020 03:51
Two people have been confirmed dead as an out-of-control blaze swept through their vehicle on Kangaroo Island off the co...
What you need to know about the Australia bushfires
The Verge - 4 Jan 2020 01:37
Photo by SAEED KHAN/AFP via Getty Images After an already devastating start to its fire season, Australia is bracing for...