SYDNEY/WELLINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - An Australian firefighter was killed overnight after he was struck by a tree while trying to control a bushfire that had destroyed homes and burnt large swathes of ...

Three people, including a child, are missing after bushfires tore through parts of Victoria under “catastrophic” conditions, destroying homes and forcing emergency warnings across south-eastern ...

Parts of seven Australian states and territories will have an increased risk of bushfires during spring 2026.

Bushfires have razed hundreds of buildings across southeast Australia, authorities said Sunday, as they confirmed the first death from the disaster. Temperatures soared past 40C as a heat wave ...

Australia’s bushfire emergency has sparked an online disinformation campaign “unprecedented” in the country’s history, researchers told AFP Friday, with bots deployed to shift blame for the blazes ...

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, ...

These are just some of the faces of the people who have died in Australia's ongoing bushfire crisis. As fires continue to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People take pictures near the Sydney Opera House, in Circular Quay, during hot weather in Sydney, Australia, January 27, 2026.

Bushfires flared in southern Australia on Thursday as a heatwave expected to bring renewed misery set in, and officials warned some areas are “just at the beginning” of the devastating crisis.

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 heat wave ...