Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bushfire rips through Mount Lawson State Park in Australia's Victoria state (Handout) (Handout/Forest Fire Management ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Australia is bracing for extreme bushfire danger as soaring temperatures fuel what forecasters say may be the most severe heatwave ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bushfire burning near the town of Longwood, northern Victoria on January 7, 2026 (Kylie Shingles) (Kylie Shingles/CFA Wandong ...

SYDNEY, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Uncontrolled fires burned through bushland in the Australian state of Victoria on Thursday, forcing communities to evacuate and authorities to warn of a "catastrophic" fire ...

SYDNEY, Australia — Bushfires destroyed houses and razed vast belts of forest in southeastern Australia on Friday, firefighters said, as hot winds fanned “hectic” conditions in the tinder-dry ...

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 ...

Firefighters warned millions of Australians of "catastrophic" bushfire dangers on Thursday as they battled multiple blazes stoked by a heatwave blanketing the country. Temperatures are forecast to ...