Tag: fires

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.
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.
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 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.
Monday, December 2nd 2019 - 09:37 UTC
Bolsonaro accuses Di Caprio of helping fund groups linked to fires in the Amazon rainforest

American actor Leonardo DiCaprio denied a claim by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro that he had helped fund groups allegedly linked to fires in the Amazon rain forest.
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.
Wednesday, November 20th 2019 - 08:57 UTC
Australia lifts fire danger to “catastrophic” and closes schools in the southeast

More than 100 schools in Australia's southeast were closed on Wednesday and officials warned people in high-risk zones to be ready to evacuate as forecast high temperatures risked opening up a new front in raging bushfires.