Experts say the destruction unfolding overseas could be heading straight for our own backyard.

The death of a person has marked a fatal turn for a bushfire emergency that has devastated communities across Victoria and forced fire crews to work through the night for a fifth day. A total fire ban ...

A Monash University-led study of emergency responders' workers compensation claims from exposure to extreme bushfires (Black Saturday bushfires in 2009 and the Black Summer fires of 2019 and 2020) ...

A state of emergency was declared in Australia’s most populated region on Thursday as an unprecedented heatwave fanned out-of-control bushfires, destroying homes and smothering huge areas with a toxic ...

Next Monday, millions of people in Australia will feel their phones buzz with a message and hear a loud, siren-like warning.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Longwood bushfire burns, in a location given as Longwood, Victoria, Australia, in this handout image released on January 7, ...

Cooler temperatures and easing winds Monday helped firefighters contain a bushfire that killed two people and razed 143 properties, with clean-up efforts getting underway. The inferno, sparked by ...

Another example of ancient wisdom influencing modern techniques can be found in the way Australia fights fire with fire.

Canberra, Nov 14 (IANS) The Australian government announced that it will introduce legislation that will allow it to declare a state of national emergency during future bushfire crises. The government ...