IF A Hollywood producer ordered up these images, they might be dismissed as too dramatic: orange skies; ash-filled rain; fire tornadoes; flames jumping as high as 230 feet; people huddling for shelter on the beach. Continue Reading
Almost 2,000 houses have been destroyed in Australia’s months-long bushfire crisis, officials say, as crews prepare frantically for worsening conditions. After ferocious conditions last week, firefighters are using milder weather to Continue Reading
An international team of researchers led by Monash University has developed an ultra-high capacity Li-S battery that has better performance and less environmental impact than current lithium-ion products. An open-access Continue Reading
The bushfires ravaging Australia are generating so much heat that they are creating their own weather systems including dry lighting storms and fire tornadoes. On Saturday, the New South Wales Continue Reading
Away from the flames, millions of Australians are breathing unhealthy air this summer as smoke from the country’s disastrous wildfires clouds skies from Sydney to Canberra to Melbourne. Australia’s capital, Canberra, Continue Reading
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The Australian navy was racing on Friday to rescue thousands of people stranded on the east coast of the fire-ravaged country as a searing weather front was Continue Reading
Hundreds of residents and holiday-makers have been ordered to evacuate Australia’s temperate Snowy Mountains region in the state of New South Wales as fierce fires threaten from two sides, authorities Continue Reading
All along the southeastern coast of Australia, tens of thousands of people abandoned their homes on Thursday after the authorities called for evacuations, warning that the massive fires headed their Continue Reading
The leader of Australia’s eastern New South Wales state has declared a week-long state of emergency in response to the escalating bushfire threat. High temperatures and strong winds are forecast for Continue Reading
Raging wildfires in Australia have turned the sky red and trapped thousands of people in an isolated seaside town, forcing them to take shelter on the shore and in boats. Continue Reading
