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Katelynn Clark felt certain her home would burn to the ground when a raging bushfire hit the edge of her rural property on Monday night.
Dimboola residents urged to evacuate as fire burns in Victoria's west
A series of lightning strikes have started fires in the Wimmera in Victoria's west and knocked out electricity to thousands of homes.
Photo shows A Country Fire Authority four wheel drive parked on sandy grass near a dam with grey and white smoke billowing into the sky.Fire bans for much of Victoria on Monday amid scorching forecasts
Total fire bans will be in place for the Mallee, Wimmera, Central, North Central and South West districts, with temperatures tipped to soar to about 45 degrees Celsius in parts of the state.
Photo shows A sun burning bright in an orange sky above clouds on the horizon.'Horrendous': Residents, families devastated as four homes lost to WA bushfires
Four homes have been confirmed lost, with authorities working to bring five serious bushfires under control across the Great Southern and Wheatbelt.
Photo shows Damage to Tom Spurr's property caused by a bushfire near Arthur River.Man charged as Northam bushfire is downgraded while firefighters douse flames
Emergency services contain a bushfire threatening lives and homes in Western Australia's Wheatbelt as a 36-year-old Northam man is charged with lighting one of two fires in the area.
Photo shows A single firefigher is seen next to a small collection of flames next to a dirt road.Truck carrying toilet paper bursts into flames but bushfire prevented
A semitrailer carrying toilet paper catches fire while driving through dry farmland and pine forests in south-western Victoria, but "luck" and cooperation prevent the blaze from causing a much larger disaster.
Photo shows A semi-trailer trailer on fire at nightResidents in high-risk bushfire zone fear 3G switch-off will stop alerts
Regional customers in South Australia, including the Adelaide Hills, say their mobile phone and internet services have been patchy at best since 3G was switched off.
Photo shows Aldgate telecommunications towerResidents use buckets of water to fight bushfire in suburban Perth
Residents in the southern Perth suburb of Bull Creek are forced to use buckets of water and garden hoses to fight an out-of-control bushfire in the densely residential neighbourhood.
Photo shows A woman fills up a bucket with water as she is surrounded by smokeBushfire threat eases in Perth's south-east as city faces another 37C day
An emergency warning is downgraded for an out-of-control bushfire after it threatened lives and homes in Byford and Karrakup, as Perth continues to swelter through a severe heatwave.
Photo shows A map showing advice warnings for a bushfire in Byford and Karrakup in Perth's south-east.Dogs can get heat stroke too, but there are simple ways to protect them
It's not just people who need help staying cool in summer. Dogs can experience heat stroke and there are simple ways to keep them safe.
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Photo shows Dog in sunglasses looks alert.Extreme heatwave warning issued for parts of already-scorched Queensland
A heatwave sweeping across Queensland is expected to peak with temperatures exceeding the mid-40s and a threat of more severe storms.
Photo shows A woman and man sitting in two ice baths.Protest calls for end to prescribed burns in old-growth forests
Protesters call for a shake-up of Western Australia's fire management practice, but others point to the tragic outcomes of the Los Angeles fires as a cautionary tale.
Photo shows Aerial photo of a group of people by a river.Experts warn Australia 'doesn't have tools' to fight large bushfires
With wildfires raging across Los Angeles, focus is turning to how new technologies, including AI, can aid our response to future disasters. But there are concerns Australia isn't ready to combat fires all year round.
Photo shows two men holding a scout drone which is part of a research project for the anu to find new ways to fight firesGaming software shows what turns a fire into a catastrophic blaze
Film industry software is helping researchers study how climate factors influence bushfire behaviour. After another hottest year on record, climate change is heightening the risk of severe bushfires and pushing us to find creative solutions.
Photo shows A visualisation created by UNSW with CSIRO data using gaming software Unreal showing bushfire approaching a house.Victorian Black Summer survivors breathe 'sigh of relief' as new homes open
More Mallacoota residents left homeless after the 2019-2020 bushfires finally have a place to call their own.
Photo shows Rosemary Hannah, an older woman in blue pants and a pink shirt, stands at a balcony overlooking a gardenHalls Gap bliss turns business misery as insurers deny bushfire coverage
Asip Memishi's family pleaded with him to leave as he prepared to defend his pub from bushfire in Victoria's Grampians. He knew if it burned, he wouldn't be able to rebuild.
Photo shows A balding man stands in the restaurant of his hotel, he stares, stern-faced, down the barrel of the camera'No room for error': Water bombers grounded again due to WA drone users
Aerial support had to be halted during a fire fight in the state's south last week due to recreational drones — a problem firefighters say is becoming more common.
Photo shows A plane dropping water over smoky yellow landscape, with fire trucks on the ground.Struggling Grampians businesses plead for tourists to return
The bushfires are now contained but the economic recovery will take much longer.
Has Video Duration: 5 minutes 15 seconds.Victorians affected by bushfires left ineligible for financial aid
Halls Gap is dependent on tourism and some businesses have lost more than a third of their income, but many don't qualify for government support.
Photo shows A woman with dark hair and wearing a dark top holds a sign behind a window that says "open".Struggling Grampians businesses plead for tourists to return
The bushfires are now contained but the economic recovery will take much longer.
Has Video Duration: 5 minutes 15 seconds.Giant 400-year-old tingle tree accidentally destroyed by authorities
WA officials have defended the state's prescribed burning strategy after an enormous tingle tree was destroyed in a recent fire.
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