Tag: Australia

Wednesday, January 8th 2020 - 09:23 UTC
Australian bushfires smoke reaches Uruguay and the South of Brazil

Smoke from bushfires raging across Australia reached Brazil on Tuesday, an arm of the National Institute for Space Research said on Twitter. Referring to satellite images, the agency's Department of Remote Sensing said the smoke had arrived in Brazil's southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul.
Tuesday, January 7th 2020 - 09:40 UTC
Australia cloud smoke reaches Chile, Argentina and is expected in Uruguay

The cloud of smoke caused by raging bushfires in Australia has been spotted more than 12,000km away in Chile and Argentina, weather authorities in the South American countries said on Monday. Meteorologists in Uruguay expect the cloud in the next 24 hours.
Monday, January 6th 2020 - 09:24 UTC
Bushfires in Australia threaten the dairy industry; “thousands of cattle have been lost”

Bushfires across Australia's east coast are set to pile on more pain for the country's dairy industry, already hurt by a prolonged drought, as processors in one of the world's largest exporters face tightening milk supplies.
Monday, January 6th 2020 - 09:23 UTC
Australian troops deployed to help in three states; bushfires destroyed an area the size of Ireland

Reserve troops were deployed to fire-ravaged regions across three Australian states on Monday after a torrid weekend that turned swathes of land into smoldering, blackened hellscapes.
Friday, January 3rd 2020 - 09:45 UTC
Australian navy in emergency evacuation operations; PM Morrison jeered by bushfire victims

The Australian navy on Friday began evacuating around 1,000 people stranded on the east coast of the fire-ravaged country as a searing weather front was set to whip up more blazes across the states of Victoria and New South Wales (NSW).
Thursday, January 2nd 2020 - 08:48 UTC
Australia on fire: thousands evacuate coastal communities; political storm brewing

Thousands of tourists have been given less than 48 hours to evacuate fire-ravaged coastal communities as Australia braces for a heatwave on Saturday expected to fan deadly bushfires.
Tuesday, December 31st 2019 - 11:48 UTC
Thousands of Australian holidaymakers trapped on a beach close to fire ravaged Sydney

Thousands of holidaymakers and locals were trapped on a beach in fire-ravaged southeast Australia on Tuesday, as blazes ringed a popular tourist area leaving no escape by land. As many as four thousand people are trapped on the foreshore of the encircled seaside town of Mallacoota, as smoke turned day to night and the authorities said nearby fires were causing extreme thunderstorms and “ember attacks”.
Monday, December 30th 2019 - 08:58 UTC
Australia orders the evacuation of 30.000 tourists as temperature rises to 40 Celsius

Thousands of residents and holiday makers have been told to evacuate a swathe of Victoria as soaring temperatures and strong winds fan massive bushfires in the Australian state.
Monday, December 30th 2019 - 08:40 UTC
Sydney New Year's Eve fireworks display is on announce city officials

A petition to cancel Sydney's famous New Year's Eve fireworks and use the money to fight bush fires ringing the city has topped 260,000 signatures, but officials say the show will go on.
Saturday, December 28th 2019 - 09:36 UTC
Fires in Australia threaten the water infrastructure that supplies Sydney

Australian authorities said on Friday that they are focused on protecting water plants, pumping stations, pipes and other infrastructure from intense bushfires surrounding Sydney, the country's largest city. Firefighters battling the blazes for weeks received a reprieve of slightly cooler, damper conditions over Christmas, but the respite is not expected to last long.