Tag: Australia

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.
Friday, December 27th 2019 - 09:10 UTC
Kylie Minogue invites Brits “to turn off the news and kick off your shoes” and come to Australia

Australian popstar Kylie Minogue has invited weary Britons to forget politics and “call on your friends in Australia” in a tourism campaign launched in Britain on Christmas Day.
Tuesday, December 24th 2019 - 09:10 UTC
Only in bush fire ravaged Australia, a kangaroo spotted cooling off in a pool

A kangaroo has been spotted cooling off in a backyard pool in a bush fire-ravaged region of Australia while elsewhere firefighters have been rescuing koalas from trees threatened by flames.
Saturday, December 21st 2019 - 11:03 UTC
Australia: “catastrophic” conditions in Greater Sydney surrounded by a ring of fire

Firefighters in the Australian state of New South Wales were bracing for “catastrophic” fire conditions on Saturday as temperatures well above 40 degrees Celsius and strong winds were set to fuel more than 100 fires burning across the state.
Thursday, December 19th 2019 - 09:19 UTC
Australia's inferno as heat wave worsens with temperatures of 46C

While Prime Minister Scott Morrison is overseas on vacation, Australia this week experienced its hottest day on record and the heat-wave is expected to worsen, exacerbating an already unprecedented bushfire season, authorities said on Wednesday.
Thursday, December 19th 2019 - 08:41 UTC
Seven-day state of emergency in Australia's New South Wales state ravaged by bushfires

Australian authorities declared a seven-day state of emergency in New South Wales state on Thursday as a record heatwave fanned unprecedented bushfires raging across the region.
Monday, December 16th 2019 - 09:05 UTC
Smoke choked Sydney facing a “public health emergency”

Australia's biggest city is facing a “public health emergency” over the bushfire smoke that has choked Sydney for weeks, leading doctors warned on Monday after hospitals reported a dramatic spike in casualty department visits.
Monday, December 9th 2019 - 09:11 UTC
Australia on fire, waiting for heavy rains; Sydney blanketed in smoke and ashes

Thousands of firefighters were fortifying containment lines on Monday as temperatures were forecast to soar, increasing the danger of a fresh wave of bushfires across Australia's east coast. More than 100 fires remain ablaze in the region, and authorities warned conditions would worsen on Tuesday, when temperatures were predicted to top 40 degrees Celsius.
Thursday, November 21st 2019 - 07:28 UTC
Australia's main cities choked by smoke from bushfires, some out of control

The fire danger was elevated across wider swathes of southern Australia on Thursday, with residents warned to avoid at-risk areas as smoke from bushfires choked Sydney and other major cities. Devastating fires along the country's east coast have claimed six lives and destroyed more than 500 homes since mid-October, with climate change and unseasonably hot, dry conditions fuelling the unprecedented blazes.