Bushfire

There’s a good reason “000” was chosen as Australia’s emergency number. It was, at least in part, because zero was closest to the finger stall on rotary-dial phones, making it easy to dial in the dark or in smoke. That was more than 50 years ago, in 1961. Before then,…

A firefighter from a local brigade works to extinguish flames after a bushfire burnt through the area in Bredbo, New South Wales, Australia, February 2, 2020. — Reuters CANBERRA: Australia will suffer more frequent and extreme climate events, often happening simultaneously, which will strain industry, services and infrastructure, a government…

A QUT study of buildings lost to bushfire on Queensland's Scenic Rim in the 2019/20 Black Summer has identified key vulnerabilities of homes in bushfire-prone areas and ways communities could increase their homes' resilience. More than two million Australians live in extreme bushfire-prone areas Scenic Rim multi-disciplinary study of ways…

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South Australia's bushfire season is likely to be extended to late autumn as drought conditions fail to loosen their grip on the state. Fire danger season dates were due to start ending from March 31, but the Country Fire Service (CFS) has advised updated dates will be released in the…

This week, marks the 20th birthday of Google Maps, and the company is celebrating a remarkable story of Australian innovation. It’s a story that began with this whiteboard, tucked away in an apartment in Hunters Hill in Sydney. Here, the founders of Where 2 Technologies sketched out their vision –…

When Eyre Peninsula farmer Sharon Brands hears the unmistakable screeching of her annual visitors who have come to stay for the winter she rushes outside in excitement to greet them. But it has become a bittersweet moment with fewer yellow-tailed black cockatoos, Calyptorhynchus funereus, returning each year. While the birds…

Wildfires in winter. Extreme storms and flooding rains in summer. The impact of climate change is being felt around the world as lengthening fire seasons and extreme weather events cause billions of dollars in damage. LA fire live updates: For the latest news on the unfolding situation in California read…

By Ryan Bourke news.com.au · 26 Dec, 2024 11:53 PM 2 mins to read Out-of-control bushfires in Victoria’s west are now estimated to have reached “the size of Singapore” as more residents are urged to evacuate. Communities in Bellellen, Pomonal and Black Range were told on Friday morning to leave…

“You are in danger and need to act immediately to survive,” the VicEmergency update read. “The safest option is to take shelter indoors immediately. It is too late to leave.” Those in the areas of elevated risk have been told to leave before 10am local time today, before extreme fire…